People from MacKay, Queensland - Cathy Freeman, Wally Grout, Drew Anthony, Nicole Pratt, Lewis Nott, Jodi Gordon, Martin Bella, Brett Seymour (Paperback)

Chapters: Cathy Freeman, Wally Grout, Drew Anthony, Nicole Pratt, Lewis Nott, Jodi Gordon, Martin Bella, Brett Seymour, Justin Truloff, Grant Rovelli, Sandy Brondello, Linda Mackenzie, Nic Ffrost, Delvene Delaney, Arthur Dean, Benita Johnson, Ryan Vella, Baeden Choppy, John Mackay, Grant Sullivan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 74. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, OAM (known as Cathy Freeman) (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian Aboriginal sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 metres race. She became the Olympic champion for 400 m in the 2000 Sydney games, at which she lit the Olympic Flame. Freeman was born in Slade Point, Mackay, Queensland, where the local athletics track is named after her. Freeman began athletics at a young age.Her first coach was her stepfather, Bruce Barber. By her early teens she had a collection of regional and national titles, with Cathy competing in the 100 metres, 200 metres and high jump. In 1990, Freeman was chosen as a member of Australia's 4 100 m relay team for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The team won the gold medal, making Freeman the first ever Aboriginal Commonwealth Games gold medallist, as well as one of the youngest, at 16 years old. She was then selected to represent Australia at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. There, she reached the semi-finals of the 100 m and placed fifth in the final of the 400 m. Freeman competed in her second World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea. She competed only in the 200 m, winning the silver medal behind China's Hu Ling. Also in 1992, she travelled to her first Olympic Games, reaching the second round of her new speciality event; the 400 metres. For the 1993 World Championships in Athle...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=6600