Frankie Fredericks
Olympic athlete
1967 –
Who is Frankie Fredericks?
Frank "Frankie" Fredericks is a former track and field athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games, making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist. He also won gold medals at the World Championships, World Indoor Championships, All-Africa Games and Commonwealth Games. He is the world indoor record-holder for 200 metres, with a time of 19.92 seconds set in 1996.
Fredericks has broken 20 seconds for the 200 metres 24 times. He also holds the third-fastest non-winning time for the 200 metres. In August 1996, Fredericks ran 19.68 seconds in the Olympic final in Atlanta, Georgia.
He is also the oldest man to have broken 20 seconds for the 200 metres. On 12th July 2002 in Rome, Fredericks won the 200 metres in a time of 19.99 seconds at the age of 34 years 283 days.
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- Born
- Oct 2, 1967
Windhoek - Also known as
- Frank Fredericks
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Namibia
- Profession
- Education
- Brigham Young University
- Lived in
- Windhoek
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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