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Born in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Freeman won the Olympic title in the 400 m event in front of her home crowd in Sydney on September 25, 2000 during the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The medal is regarded as Australia's 100th gold medal. Earlier, she lit the Olympic Flame in the Games' opening ceremonies. This made her the only Olympic flame lighter that went on to win a gold medal at the same games.
Prior to 2000, Freeman had already won two World Championships in the same distance, in Athens ( 1997) and Seville ( 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep). At the 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan AtlantaThis article is about the state capital of Georgia. For other things named Atlanta, please see Atlanta (disambiguation). skyline Atlanta is the capital and largest city of the state of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. It is the county sea Olympics, she won the silver medal behind Marie-José PerecMarie-Jose Perec (born May 9, 1968) is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and triple Olympic champion. She was born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. Perec experienced her first major international success in 1991, when she became World Champio of FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. in the 400m event.
She created a great deal of controversy at the 1994 Commonwealth GamesThe 1994 Commonwealth Games were held August 18-28, 2004 in Victoria, British Columbia. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowling, shooting, weightlifting, and wrestl by waving the Aboriginal flag as well as the Australian flag during her victory lap of the arena. Normally, only the national flagA national flag is a flag which symbolises a country and which can usually be flown by citizens of that country. Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses often fly the national flag. In some countries the national flags are only f is so waved. There was no such controversy when she did the same after winning her gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, even though the use of non-national flags at the Olympics is officially forbidden.
Freeman had a long-term romantic relationship with Nick Bideau , her manager, that ended in acrimony and legal wranglings over Freeman's endorsement earnings.
Freeman married Sandy Bodecker, a Nike executive, in 1999, nursing him through a bout of cancer, taking an extended break from the track to do so. She announced their separation in February 2003.
Returning to running in 2003, Freeman clearly struggled for form and motivation after losses to upcoming Australian runner Jana Pittman , and a fifth placing in an athletics meet in May where she was thoroughly trounced by Ana Guevara of Mexico, the fastest 400 metre runner at that time.
On July 15, 2003 Freeman announced her retirement from competitive running.
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