Cathy Freeman
Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAMis an Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She would occasionally compete in other track events but 400m was her main event. Her personal best of 48.63 currently ranks her as the sixth fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-Jose Perec's number three time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth16 February 1973
CountryAustralia
I'll just let time happen. I don't have to articulate what may be or what may not be. I don't even do that to myself.
I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.
I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.
I'd like to see as many sports as I can because I have never had the chance to enjoy the other sports in the past.
I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.
Being overseas at the time it all kind of happened was perfect because I had no idea that it was going to attract so much media attention and provoke these lovely people calling in and offering up their opinions and advice.
Asthma is treatable and well can be controlled.
I want to keep my private life private.
I took only twice a time-out, once, when I was hurt, and a second time, when I much felt I was exhausted out of personal reasons.
Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships.
People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't trying my hardest, I didn't care to compete against the girls I was up against. That spoke a lot about where my heart was taking me-which was off the track.