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What colour medal did Cathy freeman win at her first Commonwealth games?
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∙ 14y ago
the first medal she won was a gold medal.
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What was the name of the first Commonwealth Game Cathy went to?
Cathy Freeman first participated at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games, where at the ripe age of 16 she was a member of the victorious 4x100m relay team. With the victory, she became the first Aboriginal Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist.
How long has Cathy Freeman been running for the commonwealth games?
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, OAM (known as Cathy Freeman) (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 metres race She ran in her first commonwealth games in 1990 in Auckland (New Zealand)
Which Olympics did Cathy freeman first wave the aboriginal flag in?
It was actually the Commonwealth Games Cathy waved the aboriginal flag in her victory lap. It was the 1994 Games!
Who was the first aboriginal to win a gold medal at the commonwealth games?
the very first aboriginal australian to compete in the olympics was cathy freeman. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres in Sydney 2000.
Was Cathy Freeman the first aboriginal track and field athlete?
Cathy Freeman was Australia's first aboriginal track and field athlete and in 1992 she became the first Australian Aborigine to compete in the Olympic Games and in 1990 became the first to win a medal in an international track meet (bronze in the 4x400 meter relay at the Auckland Commonwealth Games in 1990).
What was Cathy Freeman like when she first started?
black
What was Cathy freeman's first career job?
running
Which Australian athlete ran a victory lap at the 1994 commonwealth games?
Cathy Freeman, an Australian 400m runner in the 1994 Commonwealth Games took a victory lap, carrying the Aboriginal flag over her shoulder first and later adding the Australian flag.
Who was the first indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal?
Cathy Freeman
Who was the first aboriginal sprinter to win commonwealth gold?
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, OAM (known as Cathy Freeman) (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian sprinter. She became the Olympic champion for 400 m in the 2000 Sydney games, at which she lit the Olympic Flame. Freeman was born in Slade Point, Mackay, Queensland, where the local athletics track is named after her. Cathy won her first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the 4x100m team in Auckland in 1990. She followed this up with two individual golds (200m & 400m) in 1994 in Victoria along with a silver in the 4x100m. Her final Commonwealth medal came in 2002 in Manchester where she won gold in the 4x400m
What age was Cathy freeman when she went to her first Olympics?
Cathy Astrid Salome, popularly known as Cathy Freeman, was born in 1973 in Slade Point Mackay, Queensland, Australia. In 1996, at the age of 23, she went to the Olympics which was held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In 2000, she lit the Olympic flame in Sydney, Australia. But she became the first ever Aborignal Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winner, at the age of 16, at the age of 16 at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
What date did Cathy freeman win her first gold medal?
your bday b;=+
