Michelle Freeman

Michelle Freeman

Error creating thumbnail: Michelle Freeman (lane 5) at the 1996 Summer Olympics 100-meter hurdles semi-final
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaica
Born	(1969-05-05) 5 May 1969 Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 meters hurdles, 100 meters
College team	University of Florida
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Jamaica Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4 × 100 m relay World Championships Bronze medal – third place 1993 Stuttgart 4 × 100 m relay Bronze medal – third place 1997 Athens 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 100 m hurdles World Indoor Championships Gold medal – first place 1997 Paris 60 m hurdles Silver medal – second place 2001 Lisbon 60 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) Gold medal – first place 1988 Kingston 100 m Gold medal – first place 1988 Kingston 100 m hurdles Bronze medal – third place 1987 Port of Spain 100 m hurdles

Michelle Freeman (born 5 May 1969) is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.

Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica where she attended St. Jago High School. 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 University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1989 to 1992. She was seven-time Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion and a member of the Gators' NCAA championship 4 × 400-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.

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 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Juliet Cuthbert, Nikole Mitchell and Merlene Ottey in the women's 4 × 100-meter relay event. She was also a member of the Jamaican Olympic team in 1992 and 2000.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• List of University of Florida alumni
• List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
• List of University of Florida Olympians

External links

• Michelle Freeman at World Athletics