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  Track & Field Athletics Australia    by Graham Thomas 

Today's Golden Girls

Cathy Freeman & Melinda Gainsford Welcome to my biographies of Australia's best track and field athletes of all-time.

This page lists profiles for the Golden Girls of Athletics today.

Hopefully there will soon be MORE Golden Girls!

Some bios are pretty short but should soon include additional data.


The profiles on this page include:

  • Kerry Saxby-Junna - over thirty world records

  • New Catherine Freeman - Golden Girl of today.

  • Nicole Boegman - Classy long jump champ

  • New Louise McPaul - Olympic javelin silver medal

  • Tania Van Heer - a change of luck in 1998

  • Joanna Stone - 1998 World Cup Champion

  • New Melinda Gainsford - 95 World Indoor Champ

  • Emma George - Pole Vault World Record Holder

  • New Tamsyn Lewis - Born to Run

  • New Nova Peris-Kneebone - Gold in two sports
  • Tatiana Grigorieva - 2000 Olympic Silver

  • New Georgie Clarke - a future Golden Girl?

  • New Jana Pittman - Youth Champ, Junior Champ, Commonwealth Champ.  What's Next?
  • New Benita Johnson - Fast becoming Australia's best ever female middle-distance runner.
Or you can browse other profiles - by era:

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