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Australia's Cathy Freeman to be Hans Christian Andersen ambassador
From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20031208
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AP Worldstream
12-08-2003
Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Crown Prince Frederik, Denmark's future king, on Monday named retired Australian runner Cathy Freeman as a goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Hans Christian Andersen bicentennial.
"A gifted person and an international icon (Freeman) has become a role model for groups of people," Frederik said shortly before giving her a diploma with the honorary title, created to help promote the 200th anniversary in 2005 of Andersen's birth.
Freeman, 30, the 400-meter Sydney Olympics gold medalist, has become a hero in Australia for expressing outrage ...
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