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Personal Information Kirsty Martin was born in Leeton, New South Wales 1976. Kirsty Martin has one brother (his name is private). Kirsty is now aged 38, with two children, Oscar and Matilda. Kirsty took her first ballet at the age of four, at the Di Salvatore Dance Academy. She also trained at the Australian ballet academy, under gailene stock who was the principal of the Australian ballet academy. She graduated in 1996. Kirsty ended up on a travel scholarship, as she continused he studies with Gelsey Kirkland in New York where in 1997 she also worked with Twyla Tharp on The Storyteller. She danced La Bayadère in 1998. After a few years with the AB, in 2000 she and her husband Damien Welch joined the Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague where …show more content…

Cathy Freeman also has three brothe Gavin, Garth and norman (Norman died in a motor-cycle accident on the 16th, september 2008), she also has a sister named Anne-Marie (she died from ceraebal palsy) Cathy Freeman is an Australian sprinter, she represents Australia in the olympics. Cathy Freeman has one daughter named Ruby Anne Susie Murch. Cathy Freeman specilised in the 400m sprint with her best time of 48.63 seconds, this was timed when she came second, whilst Marie-Jose Perec came first. Cathy Freeman was the first Australian Aboriginal person to become a Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 in 1990. She has also gotteen a silver medal in the 1996 and came first at the 1997 world championships, both in the 400m events. In 1998 she took a brake due to an injury in running. She announced her retirement in …show more content…

‘Symphonie Fantastique’ is a ballet with a lot of freedom, Kirsty said, “It’s a very nice ballet to perform.” Cathy Freeman has numerous amounts of achievmants. At the age of 14 cathy tolf the high school vocational guidance officer that her only carrer asperation was to win an olympic gold medal. By the age of 14 she had already held national titles high jump, the 100m, 200m and the 400m sprints. When cathy Freeman moved to melbourne, her job was at a sandwhich bar until she was organized a job in a sports shop. In 1992 Cathy Freeman was employed as part of Australia Post’s Olympic Job Opportunities Program. Later that year cathy recieved several sonserships from different sponsers such as, Balarinji Design studio, then Oakley and Nike,and later Qantas, Schweppes, Telstra, Ford, Australia, News Ltd and Channel 7. After the 1994 Commenwealth Games Ctahy continued to work with the ‘Australian Post’. As her training became increasingly full, she intruduced more forms of employment. Cathy took a break from running after the Sydney Olympics.when she was having her breal she worked as the commentator for the BBC news. What did they do that made a

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