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Betty Cuthbert

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Australian sprinter (1938–2017)

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Betty Cuthbert (1938–2017) was an Australian athletics competitor and sprinter. Born in Sydney, she represented Australia in the sport of athletics. Cuthbert participated in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics. She was nicknamed "The Golden Girl" and received the Member of the Order of the British Empire award, as well as induction into the IAAF Hall of Fame.

Cuthbert authored two works, including *Golden girl* and *Golden girl, as told to Jim Webster*. She died in Mandurah in 2017 from multiple sclerosis.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1938
Works
2

Top works

  • Golden girl
  • Golden girl, as told to Jim Webster

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Betty+Cuthbert">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Betty Cuthbert

Key facts

Nationality
Australian
Born
Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert , ( 1938-04-20 ) 20 April 1938, Ermington, New South Wales , Australia
Died
6 August 2017 (2017-08-06) (aged 79), Mandurah , Western Australia , Australia
Height
5 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (169 cm)
Weight
126 lb (57 kg)
Country
Australia
Sport
Athletics
Event s
100 metres , 200 metres , 400 metres
Coached by
June Ferguson

via Wikipedia infobox

~13 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Olympic Games

1956 Melbourne100 metres

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