Cathy Freeman

Who will forget the young woman in the white one-piece suit who proudly lit the Olympic cauldron at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games? A few days later, in the 400 metres sprint, she took on the best in the world and won. Cathy Freeman is a national hero and millions of Australians look up to her. Yet the road to success has not been an easy one for the ‘Wonder girl from Mackay’.
Read about early influences and achievements, career highlights and disappointments, training and diet, and ambitions.