Cathy Freeman

Won 400m Olympic gold in Sydney 2000.

When Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic cauldron at Sydney 2000, then won the 400m gold in front of more than 100,000 of her compatriots, she carried with her the weight of a national reconciliation that Australian politics had not yet managed to make.. She retired in 2003, and established the Catherine Freeman Foundation in 2007 to support Indigenous children's education, with Sydney's Olympic Stadium later naming a grandstand in her honour.

Powerful stride, exceptional speed endurance, tactical racing

Symbol of reconciliation and inspiration for Indigenous Australians

• 2000 Olympic gold 400m
• 1997,1999 World champ 400m