How tall is Cathy Freeman?

Cathy Freeman's listed height is 164 cm (5'5"). She is taller than about 45% of women in Australia.

Where 164 cm sits among women in Australia

Taller than about 45% of women in Australia born in 1973 (average 164.8 cm).

About Cathy Freeman

Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, known as Cathy Freeman, is an Australian former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She was born on 16 February 1973 in Slade Point and is of the Kuku-yalanji and Birri-gubba peoples. In 1990, at age 16, she became the first female Indigenous Australian to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal.

Freeman's breakthrough season was 1994, when she won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m at the Commonwealth Games in Canada. She won the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics, where she set her personal best of 48.63 seconds, and was first in the 400 m at the 1997 World Championships. After a break from running in 1998 due to injury, she won the 400 m at the 1999 World Championships. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she lit the Olympic Flame, she became the Olympic champion in the women's 400 m. She announced her retirement in 2003.

Freeman has a listed height of 164 cm (5'5"). In 2007 she founded the Cathy Freeman Foundation, which later became known as Murrup.

Frequently asked

How tall is Cathy Freeman in feet and inches? Cathy Freeman is 5'5" tall, which is 164 cm, 64.6 inches or 1.64 m.

Is Cathy Freeman tall for women in Australia? At 164 cm she is taller than about 45% of women in Australia born in 1973, whose average height is 164.8 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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