Elizabeth "Betty" Cuthbert AM, MBE (20 April 1938 – 6 August 2017) was an Australian athlete and a fourfold Olympic champion. During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards. She went to Ermington Public School which inspired and supported her to go in to the Olympics. Cuthbert also contributed to Australian relay teams completing a win in the 4 × 100 metres, 4 × 110 yards, 4 × 200 metres and 4 × 220 yards. Cuthbert had a distinctive running style, with a high knee lift and mouth wide open. Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne 100 metres Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne 200 metres Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne 4×100 m relay Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 400 metres Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth 4×110 yards relay Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff 220 yards Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff 4×110 yards relay Cuthbert was one of the bearers of the Olympic Torch at the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sitting in a wheelchair and accompanied by Raelene Boyle, she carried the Olympic Torch at the stadium, as one of the runners for the final segment, before the lighting of the Olympic Flame by Cathy Freeman. Betty Cuthbert was born in Merrylands, New South Wales and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Ermington, where she attended Ermington Public School. As a teenager, she attended Macarthur Girls High School. The main street of Ermington shopping centre is named Betty Cuthbert Avenue in her honour. Cuthbert has a twin sister, Marie. Cuthbert was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. In 1992, the State Transit Authority of New South Wales named a RiverCat ferry after Cuthbert. Cuthbert was one of the inaugural inductees of the IAAF Hall of Fame in 2012. She had multiple sclerosis since 1969 and lived in Western Australia at the time of her death. In 2010, Betty Cuthbert had a rose named after her. Cuthbert died in 2017 aged 79. - Wikipedia