Profile
Cathy Freeman
Australian Sprinter
Female
Born
Feb 16, 1973
Age
40
Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is a former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame. In 1988… Read More
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Romance
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Sandy BodeckerMarried 1999 - 2003
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Nick bideau BideauDated 1990 - 1997
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An Aussie Finally Masters It At AugustaFox News - Apr 15, 2013
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Aussie Alex Gatecrashes Finals Fever PartyBrisbane Times - Sep 21, 2012
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Oscar Pistorius Revolutionizes Olympic NotionsHuffington Post - Aug 04, 2012
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Cathy Freeman.
TEENAGE
1989
16 Years Old
In a competition in 1989, Freeman ran 11.67s in the 100 metres and Danila began to think about entering her in the Commonwealth Games Trials in Sydney.
In 1990, Freeman was chosen as a member of Australia's 4 x 100 m relay team for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
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1992
19 Years Old
Also in 1992, she travelled to her first Olympic Games, reaching the second round of her new speciality event; the 400 metres.
TWENTIES
1993
20 Years Old
At the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, Freeman competed in the 200 m, reaching the semi-finals.
1994 was Freeman's breakthrough season, when she entered into the world's elite for the first time.
1995
22 Years Old
Although a medal favourite at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Sweden, Freeman finished fourth.
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She also won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics and came first at the 1997 World Champion in the 400 m event. 1998 saw Freeman taking a break from running due to injury.
1997
24 Years Old
In 1997, Freeman won the 400 m at the World Championships in Athens, with a time of 49.77 seconds.
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1998
25 Years Old
Freeman took a break for the 1998 season, due to injury.
She returned to form with a first place in the 400 m at the 1999 World Championships.
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She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.
In 2002, she returned to the track to compete as a member of Australia's victorious 4x400 m relay team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
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THIRTIES
2006
33 Years Old
In October 2006 Freeman announced her engagement to Melbourne stockbroker James Murch. They married at Spray Farm on the Bellarine Peninsula on 11 April 2009.
2008
35 Years Old
In 2008, Freeman participated in Who Do You Think You Are? and discovered that her mother was of Chinese and English heritage.
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2009
36 Years Old
In 2009, she married James Murch, with whom she gave birth to a girl in 2011.
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2011
38 Years Old
Freeman gave birth to Ruby Anne Susie Murch on 8 July 2011.
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