The Golden Girl

A tribute in words and pictures to the legendary Betty Cuthbert.

I would lean towards Betty as our greatest ever Olympian for what she achieved in 1956 because Melbourne was so important to us as a young nation and then for what she was able to do eight years later in Tokyo. — BRUCE MCAVANEY

By any measure she was the most remarkable athlete. But I’m inclined to think that her greatest triumph and greatest struggle has been the health battle against multiple selerosis. –TONY CHARLTON

Betty’s got some great in built iron fortitude, which the ordinary person hasn’t got. On top of that, now she’s got infinite faith. When you put these two things together, you’re up against powerful clements. — JUDY PATCHING