Editing Cathy Freeman (section)

===1990–1995===
In 1990, Freeman was chosen as a member of Australia's [[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] team for the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. The team won the gold medal, making Freeman the first-ever [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] Commonwealth Games gold medallist, as well as one of the youngest, at 16 years old. She moved to Melbourne in 1990 after the Auckland Commonwealth Games. Shortly after moving to Melbourne, her manager Nic Bideau introduced Freeman to athletics coach Peter Fortune, who would become Freeman's coach for the rest of her career. She was then selected to represent Australia at the [[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics]] in [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria. There, she reached the semi-finals of the 100 m and placed fifth in the final of the 200 m.

Freeman competed in her second [[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] in [[Seoul]], South Korea. She competed only in the 200 m, winning the silver medal behind China's Hu Ling. Also in 1992, she travelled to her [[1992 Summer Olympics|first Olympic Games]] in [[Barcelona]], reaching the second round of her new specialty event, the [[400 metres]], and finishing 7th as part of the Australian team in the women's [[4 × 400 metres relay|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay]] finals. At the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics]] Freeman competed in the 200 m, reaching the semi-finals.

1994 was Freeman's breakthrough season, when she entered into the world's elite for the first time. Competing at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in Canada, Freeman won gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. She also competed as a member of Australia's 4 × 100 m squad, winning the silver medal and as a member of the 4 × 400 m team, who finished first but were later disqualified after Freeman obstructed the Nigerian runner. During the 1994 season, Freeman took 1.3 seconds from her 400 m personal best, achieving 50.04 seconds. She also set all-time personal bests in the 100 m (11.24) and 200 m (22.25).

Although a medal favourite at the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics]] in Sweden, Freeman finished fourth. She also reached the semi-finals of the 200 m.