Cathy Freeman: a Journey Just Begun

by Adrian Mcgregor

First published 1998. Biography of Indigenous Australian athlete Cathy Freeman. New epilogue covers her 1999 marriage, 2000 Olympic gold medal win, and the lighting of the Sydney Olympic cauldron. Provides insight into the world of international athletics and elite sport and the path to becoming a world champion. Includes full-colour and black-and-white photographs, short list of honours, and index. Author's previous titles include 'King Wally' and a biography of Greg Chappell.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

390 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Tony · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really well written insightful biography that is a cut above a lot of sporting biographies. It drags a little in patches, but only when some of the narrative becomes a little repetitive. It certainly was not patronising towards Freeman in any sense and I enjoyed that. The only downfall to me as the reader was that the book finished in 1998, just 2 years before she won gold in the 2000 Olympics. This was really frustrating to me and I wonder if there have been other editions published with an extra chapter added on to it to capture her 2000 achievement. Worthwhile reading though.