Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has been named Australia's most admired sporting figure. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has been named Australia's most admired sporting figure. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAPShattering the glass ceiling in a footy-obsessed nation, three Australian women across three different sports have done it again and notched another win. Cathy Freeman, Ash Barty and Sam Kerr are the three Australian sporting figures most admired by the public, a DemosAU poll of more than 5000 people found. She was on a equal footing with Kerr, who recently departed English club team Chelsea for US side Gotham FC and is the Australian women's national team's all-time leading goalscorer.