Great Australians

Discussion in 'Australia' started by Bilby, Mar 3, 2008.

  1. WOLF ANGEL

    WOLF ANGEL Senior Member - A Fool on the Hill Lifetime Supporter

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    I also remember Evonne Goolagong (Cawley)
    (born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former World No. 1 female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles (four at the Australian Open, two at Wimbledon and one at the French Open), six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.
    Although Aboriginal people faced widespread discrimination in rural Australia at this time, she rose to be the most successful female Tennis Player (seemed to remember the second mum' to win Wimbledon - (Thanks Wiki)
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  2. Vanilla Gorilla

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    Sportswise yeah, I think she trumps everyone else

    Just having a indigenous person at that time in one of the big spots in one of the worlds biggest games did more for indigenous rights than decades of talking from everyone else

    Indigenous Australians face hardship inland because its friggin hot, there are no jobs, nothing to do and too far from anything
     
  3. WOLF ANGEL

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    And then came - Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman OAM
    (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She would occasionally compete in other track events, but 400m was her main event. Her personal best of 48.63 currently ranks her as the sixth fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-Jose Perec's number-three time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.[2]
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    Freeman was the first Australian Indigenous person to become a Commonwealth Games gold medallist at age 16 in 1990.[3] 1994 was her breakthrough season. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. She also won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics and came first at the 1997 World Championships, in the 400 m event. In 1998 Freeman took a break from running due to injury. She returned from injury in form with a first place in the 400 m at the 1999 World Championships. She announced her retirement from athletics in 2003. (=Wiki)
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  4. WOLF ANGEL

    WOLF ANGEL Senior Member - A Fool on the Hill Lifetime Supporter

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    And then again, is there not a case for this bloke?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZ41i2dSIw
     
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