SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian sprinter Betty Cuthbert, the only athlete to have won the Olympic 100, 200 and 400 metres titles, has died aged 79 after battling multiple sclerosis for nearly half a ...
Cuthbert shot to fame as a little-known 18-year-old at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. Cuthbert shot to fame as a little-known 18-year-old at the 1956 Melbourne ...
She won four gold medals and was the first Australian inducted in the Athletics Hall of Fame. Betty Cuthbert was beyond compare. Cuthbert burst into the national consciousness as a modest 18-year-old ...