Freeman,+Cathy

 || [] || [] || At 16 Freeman won a Commonwealth Games gold medal as part of the 4x100 metres relay team. The same year - 1990 - she was named Young Australian of the Year, the following year she became Aboriginal Athlete of the Year. The spotlight has shone ever brighter since, and there have been times when she has been burned. || [] || Chronological reference to people and experiences that influenced the person explaining how they influenced them. ||  Freeman has mentioned, in her book and documentary, how her early experiences with racism and faith as a [|Bahá'í], have influenced her [|[5]]. || [] || Born to Run by Cathy Freeman || [] || Freeman was educated in a number of schools but spent most of her time educated at the Fairholme College, in Toowoomba which was a very strict boarding school. || [] ||  ||   [] || [] || [] || Well known persons working at the same time. ||  **Jana Pittman Ricky Ponting John Coates John Howard** || [] || Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. || cathy freeman is significant because she was the 1st aboriginal to win a gold medal in the olympic games
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 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Cathy Freeman's family was poor and, like many Australian Aboriginals, suffered discrimination from white Australians. Her family worked hard to raise the money Cathy needed to take her to athletic meets in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. The family moved to Brisbane in 1989 be their to support Cathy, who had won a scholarship to Kooralbyn International School where she was being professionally coached by Mike Danila. In 1990 Cathy moved to Melbourne. ||
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 * On February 3 1990, at the tender age of sixteen, Cathy won her first gold medal at a major meet. She was a triumphant member of the Australian 4x100m relay team that won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland. ** ||
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|| Born to Run by Cathy Freeman || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Establishes when and where the person died and the effect their work and values had on people. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> When cathy won her gold in 2000 she had a big influence on aboriginal people. She tought them that if they follow there dreams they can reach them. Cathy's dream was to get an olympic gold and she did just that. || Born to Run by Cathy Freeman || || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;">Source: []= ||
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