Cathy Freeman
Australian short-distance runner
- Fame55.2
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- Australia rank#246
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- Fame55.2
- Momentum0.0
- Australia rank#246
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Born 1973 · age 53Australia
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Updated 2026-06-15
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman is an Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the 11th-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-six time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she had lit the Olympic Flame.
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- Companion of the Order of Australia
- Athletics Australia Hall of Fame
- Medal of the Order of Australia
- Silver Olympic Order
- Centenary Medal
- Victorian Honour Roll of Women
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