Editing Cathy Freeman (section)

==Awards==
*[[Young Australian of the Year]] 1990<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/cathy-freeman/134/#:~:text=QLDNational%20RecipientYoung%20Australian,School%20Athletics%20Championships%20in%20Brisbane |title=Cathy Freeman OAM - Australian of the Year |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827012015/https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/cathy-freeman/134/#:~:text=QLDNational%20RecipientYoung%20Australian,School%20Athletics%20Championships%20in%20Brisbane |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Australian of the Year]] 1998<ref>{{cite book | author= Lewis, Wendy | title=Australians of the Year | publisher=Pier 9 Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-74196-809-5 | author-link=Wendy Lewis }}</ref>
*[[Australian Sports Medal]] 2000<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/975862 It's an Honour entry – Australian Sports Medal – 26 January 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113223224/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=975862&search_type=simple&showInd=true |date=13 January 2014 }} Citation: World Champion 1997 and 1999, Commonwealth Champion 1994, VIS Award of Excellence 1997</ref>
*[[Centenary Medal]] 2001<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1114964 It's an Honour entry – Centenary Medal – 1 January 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113223227/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1114964&search_type=simple&showInd=true |date=13 January 2014 }} Citation: For outstanding service through sport</ref>
*[[Order of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM) 2001<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887130 It's an Honour entry – Medal of the Order of Australia – 26 January 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113224313/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=887130&search_type=simple&showInd=true |date=13 January 2014 }} Citation: For service to sport, particularly athletics</ref>
*In 2001, Freeman received the Olympic Order from [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/news?articleid=52585|title=Olympic News – Official Source of Olympic News|date=27 March 2018|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[Laureus]] named Freeman Sportswoman of the Year in 2001
*[[Arthur Ashe Courage Award]] 2001
*[[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]] 2001<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Cathy Freeman OAM |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/cathy-freeman-oam |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=State Government of Victoria |language=en-au}}</ref>
*[[Deadly Awards]] 2003 – Female Sportsperson of the Year
*[[Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards|Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] induction in 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/cathy-freeman/|title=Cathy Freeman|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
*Queensland Sport Hall of Fame induction in 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Ms Catherine Freeman OAM|url=http://www.qsport.org.au/qshof/biography.asp?ID=6|work=Queensland Sport Hall of Fame|publisher=qsport.org.au|access-date=20 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126085236/http://qsport.org.au/qshof/biography.asp?ID=6|archive-date=26 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In 2009 as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, Freeman was announced as one of the [[Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for her role as a "sports legend".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref>