Cathy Freeman is an Australian former sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres event. She would occasionally compete in other track events, but 400’m was her main event.
Her personal best of 48.63 currently ranks her as the sixth fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-Jose Perec’s number-three time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women’s 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.
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