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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following presentation may contain images and voices of people who have died.

2000

2003

1973-1987

1996-1997

1987-1994

Cathy Freeman Timeline

Cathy Freeman

childhood

Before Olympics

Cathy running 400 metre race which she wins gold in.

Retirement

cathy freemans victory run

In 1996, Cathy won silver at the Atlanta Olympics and ran a 48.63 to earn the silver medal and become the first Aboriginal to earn a medal in an individual event. after this she went on to win two world championship gold medals in 1997 and 1999.

At this event Cathy caused controversy by carrying the Aboriginal flag as well as the Australian national flag during her victory lap of the 200 metres sprint. At that time the flag was not recognised as an official Australian flag.

which a few months after she went to the Atlanta Olympics, on July 1996, a terrorist boomb attack hit the Olympic park luckily only killing 2 and injuring 111.

In 2003 Cathy Freeman retired from athletics at the age of 30. Though Cathy still continued pursueing interests important to her especially those related the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

She has been involved with a number of charities and community activities including Cottage by the Sea(a children's holiday camp in Queenscliffe, Victoria)and the Cathy Freeman Foundation.

- Cathy Freeman (Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman) was born on 16 February 1973 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. She grew up in Mackay and was a natural runner from a early age. She was educated at Kooralbyn International school Fairholme College and went to university at te university of melborne. She was asked at the age of 14 by a vocational officer what she wanted to do after school days she said: “I want to win gold medals at the Olympic Games.” Though she had already won national titles in high jump, 100, 200 and 400 metre sprints.

this is a photo of Cathy Freeman and two of her siblings.

watch a video of cathy Freemans run

Child Prodigy

The Olympics

Cathy running 400 metre race which she wins gold in.

Cathy Freeman

In in 2000 Cathy Freeman became the first Aborigonal to light the flame and became the last flame bearer, though the tradition of the flame continued without people. After she lit the flame, the cauldron malfunctioned and she had to stand holding the flame while the engineers fixed it.

Cathy Freeman was chosen because she was young, female and Aboriginal, marking the organisers hopes that the Games would promote reconciliation in Australia.

10 days after the flame was lit, Cathy won a gold medal in the 400-metre dash solidifying her place in history as the first Aborigonal person to ever win a gold medal in a individual event at the olyimpics. On her victory lap she ran with the Aborigonal flag and the national australian one, repeating the actions of her lap in the commonweath games.

Cathy says "Somewhere deep inside, I’d absorbed all the pain and suffering my people had endured and turned it into a source of strength.

— Cathy Freeman

On the 1 of January 1987, when Cathy was 14 years old, she moved to koorablyn international school to be coached propfesionally as a athlete. then 2 years later in 1989 she achived a scholarship to a Brisbane school where she received professional coaching.

Only one year later Cathy chosen as a member of Australians relay team for the commonwealth games at the age of 17 (1990.

4 years later at the age of 21 (1994) she won gold medals in the 400-metre and 200-metre races at hte commonweath games, setting a national record in the 200 metres at 22.2 seconds. She also won a silver medal in the 4 x 100-metre relay.

THE FLAME

watch a video on the flame

The Flame is a tradition that goes back to amsterdam in 1928 ( 72 year before Cathy Freeman lit the flame ) and no lighting cerimony was ever the same, there was flying runners, archers, skiers and of course cauldrons.

Cathy Freeman was the final torchbearer and had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron.

Cathy Freeman

The lighting of the flame ceremony.

Legacy

Cathy Freemans Legacy continues to this

day even after she retires from athletics.

when she ran at the Olympics she ran with

both the aborigonal and australian

national flag as a way of unifying and

representing Australian culture. This moment

put a spotlight on Indigenous issues and has

since inspired many young Australians.

Cathy took pride in her country and

worked for people to recognise Indigenous

Australians as equals.

Thankyou!!!

Bibliography

National Museum Australia. (n.d.). Cathy Freeman. National Museum Australia. https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/cathy-freeman#:~:text=Cathy%20Freeman%20was%20the%20final,would%20promote%20reconciliation%20in%20Australia

Ywey. (4 September 2018). Cathy Freeman Timeline.Timegraphics. https://time.graphics/line/121488

Digital Classroom. (4 September 2018). Break all Barriers. Https://digital-classroom.nma.gov.au/defining-mome Nts/cathy-freeman-sydney-olympics. Retrieved March 3, 2024 from https://time.graphics/line/121488

AIATSIS. (n.d.). Cathy Freeman. AIATSIS. https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/cathy-freeman#:~:text=At%20the%201994%2C%20Commonwealth%20Games,as%20an%20official%20Australian%20flag

Yarn. (n.d.). The Lasting Effect Cathy Freeman Winning Gold has had on our Nation. Yarn. https://www.yarn.com.au/blogs/yarn-in-the-community/the-lasting-effect-cathy-freeman-winning-gold-has-had-on-our-nation

Olympics. (2016). The History of the Olympic Flame | 90 Seconds Of The Olympics. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=W1Af40zuPjU

Supporting Cathy

LETTER OF PETITION

To Athletics Australia.

We believe all Indigenous people should have better rights and that running and athletic courses to every remote school in Australia, as well as change the Australian Olympic uniform to represent the Aboriginal and Torres strait islander people. We also believe that every indigenous person should have the right to go to the Olympics and Australians should run with the indigenous flag.

We the undersigned, believe that all indigenous people should have access to athleticism, training and have the same athletic rights as white people. As a supporter of Cathy Freeman, we respectfully request that Athletics Australia give all indigenous people the opportunity to go to the Olympics. We also believe the Olympic uniform should be changed to represent indigenous culture and Australia as a whole. We Strongly believe that Australians should run with the indigenous flag as well as the Australian to represent our culture and indigenous people should have the same Athleticism rights as white people.

Please consider this petition with care.

Yours sincerely Tahlia

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