Date of Birth:

Feb 16, 1973 (53 years)

Place of Birth:

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Biography:

Cathy Freeman, byname of Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, (born February 16, 1973, Mackay, Queensland, Australia), Australian sprinter who excelled in the 400-metre dash and who in 2000 became the first Australian Aboriginal person to win an individual Olympic gold medal.