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{{Short description|Jamaican track & field athlete}}
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| caption          = Michelle Freeman (lane 5) at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] 100-meter hurdles semi-final
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|5|5}}
| birth_place      = [[Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica]]
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| sport            = [[Track and field]]
| event            = [[100 meters hurdles]], [[100 meters]]
| collegeteam      = [[Florida Gators track and field|University of Florida]]
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | 4x100 m relay }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]] | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay|4x100 m relay]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | 100 m hurdles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | 100 m hurdles }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Indoor Championships }}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]] | 60 m hurdles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[CARIFTA Games]] <br /> Junior (U20) }}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 CARIFTA Games|1988 Kingston]] | 100 m }}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 CARIFTA Games|1988 Kingston]] | 100 m hurdles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1987 CARIFTA Games|1987 Port of Spain]] | 100 m hurdles }}
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'''Michelle Freeman''' (born 5 May 1969) is a former [[Jamaica]]n track & field athlete who was an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[bronze medal]]ist.

Freeman was born in [[Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica]]. In 1988, she  was awarded the [[CARIFTA Games#Austin Sealy Award Winners|Austin Sealy Trophy]] for the most outstanding athlete of the [[1988 CARIFTA Games]].<ref name=carifta1>{{Citation 
| title = Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 | url = http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents carifta_magazine_sm_part2.pdf | publisher = Carifta Games 2011 | access-date = 12 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title =Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3| url =http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part3.pdf| publisher =Carifta Games 2011| access-date =12 October 2011| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061211/http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part3.pdf| archive-date =25 April 2012| df =dmy-all}}</ref>  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 Athletics Association]] (NCAA) competition from 1989 to 1992. She was seven-time [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) champion and a member of the Gators' NCAA championship 4x400-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 [[List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members|University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame]] as a "Gator Great" in 2011.<ref>F Club, Hall of Fame, [http://www.gatorfclub.org/hall-of-fame/greats  Gator Greats].  Retrieved 18 December 2014.</ref><ref>"[http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=20351  Eight Gators To Be Inducted Into UF Athletic Hall of Fame Friday Night] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003191413/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=20351 |date=3 October 2012 }}," GatorZone.com (8 April 2011).  Retrieved 23 May 2011.</ref>

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 4x100-meter relay event.<ref name=sroprofile>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/michelle-freeman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030852/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/michelle-freeman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Michelle Freeman |access-date=22 July 2011}}</ref>  She was also a member of the Jamaican Olympic team in 1992 and 2000.<ref name=sroprofile />

== See also ==
{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[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]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{World Athletics||name=Michelle Freeman}}

{{Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year}}
{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's 60 m hurdles}}
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
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[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
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