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A handful achieve what Australia’s Betty Cuthbert did – by returning to the top of the world. Cuthbert had won three golds in Melbourne, her home Games, back in 1956, with victory in the 100m, 200m and in the 4x100m relay. She had enjoyed huge acclaim and been seen as a national hero, but she had been forced to withdraw from the 1960 Rome ...
Aug 7, 2017 · PERTH, Australia (AP) — Betty Cuthbert, the only runner to win Olympic gold medals in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints, has died following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was 79. Cuthbert was dubbed the “Golden Girl” in Australia after her starring role as an 18-year-old at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, where she won the 100-200 double and anchored Australia’s winning 4x100-meter relay team.
Betty Cuthbert AM MBE (1938-2017), sprinter, was Australia’s leading gold-medal winning track and field athlete. In 1956 she set a women’s world record for the 200 metres at Moore Park, beating the record set by her compatriot Marjorie Jackson at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Cuthbert had tickets to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games as a spectator, but she attended as a competitor, earning the nickname the ‘Golden Girl’ from the Melbourne Argus when she won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4 x ...
Aug 7, 2017 · Australia's Betty Cuthbert, right, wins the Women's Olympic Games 4 x 100 metres Relay Final, in a new World Record time of 44.5 seconds, at Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 1, 1956.
Aug 7, 2017 · Betty Cuthbert: Four-time Olympic gold medallist an inspiration on and off the track. Among the many tributes paid to Betty Cuthbert upon news of her death at age 79, a touching tweet from Cathy ...
Betty Cuthbert will forever be known as the Golden Girl of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, where she won three sprinting gold medals and entrenched herself in the collective affection of a nation. She was 18, straw-blonde, and she bolted into public consciousness from virtually nowhere.
Aug 7, 2017 · Four-time Olympic gold medallist Betty Cuthbert has died aged 79, after a career which saw the sprinter set world records in several track events. This article contains external content that ...
