Cathy expresses her “great excitement of being part of such an incredible group of influencers in the field of mindfulness”. She founded the Cathy Freeman Foundation, which works with remote Indigenous communities to close the gap in education between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children by offering incentives for children to attend school.Ĭathy Freeman expresses her “great excitement of being part of such an incredible group of influencers in the field of mindfulness” and is invited to the Advisory Committee for her unique experience in contemplative practices in high performance contexts, and her extensive community engagement and charity work. The Kew home where champion athlete Cathy Freeman lived when she won Olympic gold at the 2000 Sydney games has bolted onto the market. The nation, and the world, watched on as Freeman pulled away from Lorraine.
2001 Recipient of ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award.2001 Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).2001 Awarded Laureus Sportswoman of the Year.Among Cathy's other notable achievements are: Cathy has had a long-term commitment to meditation which was not only a vital part of Cathy's mental preparation for her exceptional athletics performances on the track, but has remained an important source of inspiration in her life.
She then went on to win the gold medal in the 400m, realizing a life-long dream. The plaque was dedicated to Cathy Freeman at the 10th anniversary of the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games. As a little girl, Catherine Freeman had one dream - to go to the Olympic Games. She became the first competing athlete to be invited to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. Cathy Freeman’s daughter turns heads at school athletics event with blistering run Staff Writers from September 8th, 2022 8:37 am The daughter of Australian sporting icon Cathy Freeman is following in her mother’s footsteps, turning heads during a school athletics event a local Murrumbeena athletics track. From the time Freeman was a child she dreamed of winning an Olympic gold medal.
She was crowned World Champion in the same event at the World Athletic Championships the following year, was awarded Australian of the year in 1998, and was again World Champion in the 400m in 1999.Ĭathy's most notable achievement, however, came in 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney. Cathy Freeman was born in Mackay, Queensland in 1973. At the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, she won silver with a personal best time of 48.63s in the 400m. In 1994 Cathy won gold in both the 200m and 400m at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. She is also an Australian Indigenous Olympic champion. Cathy Freeman is a proud Kuku Yalanji woman.
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