Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman was born on the 16th of February in 1973 at Slade Point, Mackay, Queensland. She was born to Norman Freeman and Cecelia Freeman. Her father, Norman, was an ex-rugby player from Woorabinda and started to drink a lot and behaving violently when Cathy was young. Her mother, Cecelia Freeman, was raised in an Aboriginal community in Palm Island. She was a strict mother who worked as a cleaner at a local school. She forbade her children to buy junk food from the canteen. During the weekends Cecelia took Cathy and her siblings to Cecelia’s parent’s house. Cathy’s parents broke up when she was just eight. She and her siblings were Catholics and partially believed in Baha’i Faith. Her father died because of a stroke.
Cathy’s stepfather, Bruce Barber, was her coach until 1989. Then she had a professional Romanian coach, Mike Danila, when she …show more content…
Cathy was in five world championships, three Olympics, two Commonwealths, two world juniors, two world indoors and one world cup. While she was representing Australia, she had won thirteen medals and out of those medals, seven were gold. During 1997and 1999 she was a two time world champion in the four hundred metres and received a silver medal for the four hundred metres in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. In the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she was the first woman to run four hundred metres in less than fifty seconds, which she ran in 48.63 seconds. In 1998, she was named Australian of the Year. During 1990 three days after Cathy won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, Cathy’s sister Anne-Marie died because of an asthma attack. During the 1994 Commonwealth Games and 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney she celebrated her win by wrapping herself in the Aboriginal and Australian flag which caused a huge amount of controversy among the Australian team. Cathy Freeman opened a new era for Aboriginal children by establishing the Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman was born on the 16th of February in 1973 at Slade Point, Mackay, Queensland. She was born to Norman Freeman and Cecelia Freeman. Her father, Norman, was an ex-rugby player from Woorabinda and started to drink a lot and behaving violently when Cathy was young. Her mother, Cecelia Freeman, was raised in an Aboriginal community in Palm Island. She was a strict mother who worked as a cleaner at a local school. She forbade her children to buy junk food from the canteen. During the weekends Cecelia took Cathy and her siblings to Cecelia’s parent’s house. Cathy’s parents broke up when she was just eight. She and her siblings were Catholics and partially believed in Baha’i Faith. Her father died because of a stroke.
Cathy’s stepfather, Bruce Barber, was her coach until 1989. Then she had a professional Romanian coach, Mike Danila, when she …show more content…
Cathy was in five world championships, three Olympics, two Commonwealths, two world juniors, two world indoors and one world cup. While she was representing Australia, she had won thirteen medals and out of those medals, seven were gold. During 1997and 1999 she was a two time world champion in the four hundred metres and received a silver medal for the four hundred metres in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. In the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she was the first woman to run four hundred metres in less than fifty seconds, which she ran in 48.63 seconds. In 1998, she was named Australian of the Year. During 1990 three days after Cathy won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, Cathy’s sister Anne-Marie died because of an asthma attack. During the 1994 Commonwealth Games and 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney she celebrated her win by wrapping herself in the Aboriginal and Australian flag which caused a huge amount of controversy among the Australian team. Cathy Freeman opened a new era for Aboriginal children by establishing the Cathy Freeman