- Michelle Freeman
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Michelle Freeman Personal information Nationality 
JamaicaBorn May 5, 1969
Saint Catherine Parish, JamaicaHeight 5 ft 7 in (1.70 kg) Weight 139 lb (63 kg) Sport Sport Track and field Event(s) 100 meters hurdles, 100 meters College/university team University of Florida Medal recordWomen's Athletics Competitor for JamaicaOlympic Games Bronze 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m relay World Championships Bronze 1993 Stuttgart 4x100 m relay Bronze 1997 Athens 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games Gold 1994 Victoria 100 m hurdles World Indoor Championships Gold 1997 Paris 60 m hurdles Michelle Freeman (born May 5, 1969) is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.
Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 1989 to 1992. She was seven-time Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion and a member of the Gators' NCAA championship 4x400-meter relay team. Freeman received eight All-American honors, and still retains the Gators' team records in the 55-meter hurdles, 55-meter dash, 100-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2011.[1][2]
Freeman received the gold medal for winning the 100-meter hurdles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Australia. She competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Juliet Cuthbert, Nikole Mitchell and Merlene Ottey in the women's 4x100-meter relay event.[3] She was also a member of the Jamaican Olympic team in 1992 and 2000.[3]
See also
- Florida Gators
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians
References
- ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ "Eight Gators To Be Inducted Into UF Athletic Hall of Fame Friday Night," GatorZone.com (April 8, 2011). Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Michelle Freeman. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
External links
- IAAF profile for Michelle Freeman
Preceded by
Deon HemmingsJamaica Sportswoman of the Year
1997Succeeded by
Sandie Richards1934 – 1966: 80 metre hurdles • 1970 – present: 100 metre hurdles 1934: Marjorie Clark (SAF) • 1938: Barbara Burke (SAF) • 1950: Shirley Strickland (AUS) • 1954: Edna Maskell (RHO) • 1958: Norma Thrower (AUS) • 1962 – 1966 – 1970: Pam Kilborn (AUS) • 1974: Judy Vernon (ENG) • 1978: Lorna Boothe (ENG) • 1982: Shirley Strong (ENG) • 1986: Sally Gunnell (ENG) • 1990: Kay Morley (WAL) • 1994: Michelle Freeman (JAM) • 1998: Gillian Russell (JAM) • 2002: Lacena Golding-Clarke (JAM) • 2006: Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) • 2010: Sally Pearson (AUS)
World Indoor Champions in Women's 60 m Hurdles 1985: Xénia Siska (HUN) • 1987: Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) • 1989: Yelisaveta Chernychova (URS) • 1991: Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) • 1993: Julie Baumann (SUI) • 1995: Aliuska López (CUB) • 1997: Michelle Freeman (JAM) • 1999: Olga Shishigina (KAZ) • 2001: Anjanette Kirkland (USA) • 2003: Gail Devers (USA) • 2004: Perdita Felicien (CAN) • 2006: Derval O'Rourke (IRL) • 2008: Lolo Jones (USA) • 2010: Lolo Jones (USA)
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University of Florida · Gainesville, Florida Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
- Florida Gators women's track and field athletes
- Jamaican hurdlers
- Jamaican sprinters
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs
- North American Olympic medalist stubs
- Jamaican sportspeople stubs
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