Betty Cuthbert |
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| Awarded Titles: |
MBE, AM |
| D.O.B: |
20 Apr 1938 |
| Place of Birth: |
Sydney, Australia |
| Resides at: |
Western Australia |
| Club: |
Western Suburbs Athletic Club (Sydney) |
| Sport: |
Athletics: 110yd/100m, 220yd/200m, 400m, 4x110yd/4x100m |
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Courtesy: NLA |
| Other interests: |
Betty was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and began campaigning for research funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. |
Honours
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1965
Career Highlights
| 1956 |
- Olympics: Gold 100m, Gold 200m, Gold 4 x 100m
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| 1958 |
- C'wealth Games: silver - 220yd, 4 x 110yd
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| 1962 |
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| 1964 |
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| 1984 |
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At the age of 18, Betty Cuthbert won three gold medals at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics. She was known as 'The Golden Girl' from then on.
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Records
- Sets new Olympic record for the 100m at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
- Equalled the Olympic record for the 200m at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
- Member of the 4 x 100m relay team which set a new world record twice at the 1956
Melbourne Olympics
- In the four years following the 1956 Melbourne Olympics she broke no fewer than 11
individual world records
- Sets new world record for the 60m in 1960
- Sets new world record for the 100 yards in 1958
- Member of the 4 x 110 yards relay team which set a new world record in 1956
- Member of the 4 x 220 yards relay team which set a new world record in 1956
- Sets new world record for the 220 yards twice in 1958
- Sets new world record for the 440 yards twice in 1959 and twice in 1963
- Equalled the Olympic record for the 400m at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
- Sets 16 world records in total during her athletic career