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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

Cathy Freeman

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Cathy Freeman
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
Athletics Competitor
Olympic Athlete
Sprinter
Slade Point
Queensland
Australia
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman
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Last
Real
Sydney
Olympics
Race

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