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Aug 7, 2017 · 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.
Aug 21, 2017 · Australian Olympic champion Betty Cuthbert, pictured in 1958. ( Supplied: National Archives of Australia ) Cuthbert, who was born in the Sydney suburb of Merrylands, was a twin to sister to Marie ...
Aug 7, 2017 · Australian sprinting legend and four-time Olympic gold medallist Betty Cuthbert has died aged 79. At the age of 18, Cuthbert won three gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics - the 100m, 200m ...
Aug 6, 2017 · Biography. Australian Elizabeth “Betty” Cuthbert won two gold medals in the individual track sprints (100 and 200 metres) and a third gold in the 400 metre relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The 18-year-old was instantly acclaimed as a national heroine by the home Australian crowd, and was nicknamed the “Golden Girl”.
Elizabeth "Betty" Cuthbert AM, MBE (20 April 1938 – 7 August 2017) was an Australian athlete and a fourfold Olympic champion. She was born in Merrylands , New South Wales . During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards.
The 'Golden Girl' of the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games, Betty Cuthbert was born on this day in 1938. Betty would go on to win three sprinting gold medals in 1956 and etched her name into the history books.
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Aug 7, 2017 · Australian sprinter Betty Cuthbert, the only athlete to have won the Olympic 100, 200 and 400 metres titles, has died aged 79 after battling multiple sclerosis for nearly half a century, Athletics ...
