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Betty Cuthbert, 100m final, 1956 Olympics. Cuthbert was a member of the Western Suburbs Athletic Club. [1] At the age of 18, with the 1956 Summer Olympics to be held in Melbourne, Cuthbert set a World Record in the 200 metres, making her one of the favourites for a gold in that event.
At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Elizabeth "Betty" Cuthbert won two gold medals in the individual track sprints (100 and 200m) and a third gold in the 400m relay. The 18-year-old was instantly acclaimed as a national heroine by the home Australian crowd, and was nicknamed the "Golden Girl."
Betty Cuthbert was an Australian sprinter, who starred at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, where she won three gold medals; she added a fourth gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Cuthbert began running at age eight and was trained by a schoolteacher in the little New South.
Aug 7, 2017 · The IAAF is deeply saddened to hear that Australia’s Betty Cuthbert – the only athlete in history to win Olympic gold medals at 100m, 200m and 400m – died on Sunday (6) at the age of 79 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.
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.
Betty Cuthbert AC MBE was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 as an Athlete Member for her contribution to the sport of athletics and was elevated as a Legend of Australian Sport in 1994. Cuthbert was the true ‘Golden Girl’ of Australian track and field.
Aug 7, 2017 · Betty Cuthbert, the Australian sprinter dubbed the "golden girl" after her 100 and 200-metre successes at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, dies aged 79.
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,...
Aug 6, 2017 · Betty Cuthbert, Australia’s “golden girl” of track and field, revered for her Olympic gold-medal feats and then her long and spirited struggle against multiple sclerosis, has died in Western...
Australian sprinting legend Betty Cuthbert has died at the age of 79, with an Olympic record still unmatched. Cuthbert remains the only athlete, man or woman, to win Olympic gold in the 100m, 200m and 400m. She is a four-time Olympic Games gold medallist, winning three at the 1956 Melbourne Games in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events.
