Yvonne goolagong biography

About Evonne Goolagong-Cawley

Evonne Goolagong Cawley, AC, MBE is a Wiradjuri Aborigine. She has been Australian of the Year () and Australian Sportsman of the Year. In Queen Elizabeth II appointed her as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and in she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) In she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Rhode Island and the following year, into the Aboriginal Sporting Hall of Fame.

At Barcelona in , she became one of the first ever international Olympic torch bearers and later at Monte Carlo, was part of the successful Sydney bid. Evonne served on the National Indigenous Advisory Committee to SOCOG at the games. In Evonne received the IOC Women & Sport Trophy for her services in those fields.

In her glorious tennis career Evonne was ranked the number one player in the world in and In total she won 92 pro tournaments, was a finalist in 18 Grand Slam singles events winning at