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'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 am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.
I felt so full of gratitude and humility that I clasped my hands in front of me, closed my eyes and said a silent prayer of thanks to God... I had at last achieved something I'd wanted for so long... My insides bubbled with happiness. It was a dream come true.
Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are.
I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.
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 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.
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.