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Betty Cuthbert 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games
Betty Cuthbert will forever be known as the Golden Girl of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games because of her athletic ability winning 4 events
100m - Women
200m - Women
400m - Women
4 x 100m Relay - Women -
Marry Rose 1956 Melbourne Olympics
Rose won the first of his three gold medals in the final of the
4 x 200m freestyle relay in 1956. He followed with victories in the 400m freestyle and 1500m freestyle -
Herb elliot 1960 rome olympics
Herb elliot In the 1500 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he won the gold medal and bettered his own world record with a time of 3:35.6. Elliott did in middle distance running from 1957 to 1961. During that span he never lost a 1500 metres or 1-mile race. During his career, he broke four minutes for the mile on 17 occasions. -
Rod Lave wins his second tennis Grand Slam 1969
Rod Lave won his second grand slam title after winning four other major tennis titles that year
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Evonne Goolagong wins french open
Evonne Goolagong was a aboriginal. in 1971 her she Won the french open on her first attempt. after that she went on to be a great tennis player. -
Australia wins America's Cup 1983
yacht racing -
Pat Cash Wimbledon 1987
Pat Cash Australian sporting moment came in 1987 when he won Wimbledon. Having already beaten Marcel Freeman, Paul McNamee, Michiel Schapers, Guy Forget, Mats Wilander in the quarter finals and Jimmy Connors in the semifinal. Every was surprised when pat cash made it to the final round not think he would win the final against Ivan Lendi number one in the world at the time. Winning the final in strait sets. -
Kieren Perkins wins 1500 metres freestyle Atlanta Games 1996
Kieren Perkins won the 1500 metre freestyle coming in as a under dog, just scraping in for the Olympic trial. and the first Australian person to win back to back gold medals in the same event. -
Dawn Fraser “World Athlete of the Century”
Dawn Fraser is Australia’s greatest Olympian. In November 1999, Dawn was awarded “World Athlete of the Century”
swimming -
Cathy freemen 2000 Sydney olympics
Cathy freemen won gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games. After lighting the Olympic opening ceremony flame, she had all the pressure possible on her shoulders. She powered through the 400m race winning gold. It was a great sporting history for Australia and also the aboriginal race. -
Ian Thorpe 2004 Athens Olympic games
Ian Thorpe placed in four events in 2004. winning both 200m and 400m freestyle. 2nd in the 4-100m and 3rd in the 100m freestyle. -
Cadel Evans, Tour de France, 2011
Cadel Evens won the tour de France in 2011
