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Australia's Cathy Freeman tapped to be Hans Christian Andersen ambassador
From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20031204
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AP Worldstream
12-04-2003
Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Now-retired Australian athlete Cathy Freeman will be named a goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Hans Christian Andersen bicentennial during a ceremony next week, the organizers of the famed Danish author's jubilee in 2005 said Thursday.
Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik will give a diploma with the honorary title to the 400-meter Sydney gold medalist during a ceremony at Copenhagen's City Hall on Monday. The title was created to help promote the 200th anniversary of Andersen's birth.
In 2000, Freeman, who retired this year, lit the ...
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