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Cathy Freeman [1973-0] Australian
Rank: 101
Athlete, Sprinter


Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is an Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She would occasionally compete in other track events, but 400m was her main event.

Alone, Peace



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Peace, unity and harmony! Peace
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When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.
102
You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
103
I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone. Alone
104
I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.
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I make no apologies.
106
Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
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I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.
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I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run.
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I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.
110
Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
111
I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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The thing I do best is laugh.
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I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.
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I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
115
I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that.
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I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.
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I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.
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I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless.
119
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
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I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.
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I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.
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People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
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I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.
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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
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Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.
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With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
201
I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.
202
I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
203
I want to keep my private life private.
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