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Which Olympics did Cathy freeman first wave the aboriginal flag in?
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∙ 13y ago
It was actually the Commonwealth Games Cathy waved the aboriginal flag in her victory lap. It was the 1994 Games!
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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.
Who lit the Olympic Flame at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics?
i think it was Cathy freeman? totally correct. Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (thats her fullname), otherwise known as Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic flame in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.
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).
Who is the first Australian aboriginal to compete at the Olympics?
In 1956 Australia and Sweden co hosted the Olympics event. Then in 2000 Australia hosted Sydney Olympics solely..........
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.
What event did Cathy Freeman win gold medal at in the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
Her first Olympics was in the 1992 Olympics which were held in Barcelona, Spain. she competed in the 4x400m relay and the team came in at 7th place
What was Cathy Freeman like when she first started?
black
What was Cathy freeman's first career job?
running
When did Cathy freeman get in the Olympics?
She first competed in Atlanta in 1996 and won the silver metal in 400m and then again in Sidney in 2000 when she won the gold in the same event.
Why is Cathy Freeman well known?
She was the first Australian aboriginal to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event (400 meter run in the 2000 Games). She was a female icon for many aboriginals that needed help and support to do the things that inspire them. She also was the first female aboriginal Australian to be a sporting legend.
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.
Who was the first indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal?
Cathy Freeman
