Cathy Freeman
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- Where it all began
- Start of the discrimination in Cathy's life
- How this impacted her life
- Second place
- First place
- Third place
- Cathy Freeman came into the world in Mackay Queensland, in 1973. Cathy grew up in a small coastal suburb called Slade Point. Even though she is an athlete on the 6th of February 2011 she got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the same time she was expecting her first child
- Negative responses Cathy Freeman had to the discrimination she experienced.
- Cathy Freeman went through a lot of discrimination as a child. Her discrimination started at a young age when at her primary school she was denied the sports day medal and it was given to an 'Australian white girl' instead.
- Positive responses Cathy Freeman had to the discrimination she experienced.
- Although Cathy has received a lot of discrimination throughout her career, according to an interview with 'living black' she has chosen to rise above racism to make history.
- How Cathy Freeman coped with discriminstion
- therapy
- Throughout Cathy Freeman's life, she has experienced a lot of discrimination based off of her background. But one of the main ones she has gone through would have to be at the 2000 Olympics when Cathy got nominated to light the touch. This was a huge accomplishment for her but was sadly ruined when a group of people started to yell out 'Boooo!' to her as if she didn't deserve to have this role. Although it was a small comment this really made Cathy upset.
- Booo!
- Booo!
- Even though Cathy has gone through a lot of discrimination throughout her life the most positive thing she has been able to do is to rise above the people who have been treating her differently because of where she comes from. This is shown when she wins the relay race at the commonwealth games in 1994. This shows how she touched through and didn't let people get to her.
- Throughout Cathy Freeman's career, she has gone through numerous support structures with the main one being a stress therapist. Having a stress therapist allowed Cathy to express her emotions and concerns within her life and to get feedback that can help her throughout her career and life.
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