Michelle Freeman (born 5 May 1969) is a former

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

n track & field athlete who was an Olympic

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ist. Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. In 1988, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1988 CARIFTA Games. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 1989 to 1992. She was seven-time

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(SEC) champion and a member of the Gators' NCAA championship 4x400-meter relay team. Freeman received eight All-American honors, and still retains the Gators' team records in the 55-meter hurdles, 55-meter dash, 100-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2011. Eight Gators To Be Inducted Into UF Athletic Hall of Fame Friday Night
," GatorZone.com (8 April 2011). Retrieved 23 May 2011. Freeman received the gold medal for winning the 100-meter hurdles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia. She competed for Jamaica at the

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in Atlanta, Georgia, where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Juliet Cuthbert, Nikole Mitchell and Merlene Ottey in the women's 4x100-meter relay event. She was also a member of the Jamaican Olympic team in 1992 and 2000.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freeman, Michelle 1969 births Living people Athletes from Saint Catherine Parish Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Florida Gators women's track and field athletes Jamaican female hurdlers Jamaican female sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games 20th-century Jamaican sportswomen Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Jamaican Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics

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