I wanted to be an Olympic champion and I didn't care about the goings-on around me. In my heart and with all of my soul I was ready, willing and I was very able. I had a deadly sense of self-belief. I'd go to another level and say I had a deadly sense of self-conviction where you can say whatever you want, you can do whatever you want but you're not going to touch me.
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Cathy Freeman
Australian sprinter, 1990–2003
Australia · b. 1973
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Won the 400 metres at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 after lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony, and took world titles in the event in 1997 and 1999. A Kuku Yalanji and Birri Gubba woman, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
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I looked straight across at the clock and I was disappointed with the time. I should have run under 49 and I didn't. And I knew I had a lot more in me.
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