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Frankie Fredericks is a male sprinter and athletics competitor from Namibia. Born in Windhoek in 1967, he represents Namibia in international competition. He participated in the 1992, 1996, and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2002 Commonwealth Games. His athletic disciplines include the 100 metres and 200 metres.
Fredericks is a member of the International Olympic Committee. He was educated at Brigham Young University and speaks English. Standing 180 cm tall and weighing 73 kg, he is also listed in the Commons category "Frank Fredericks."
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950-09-27
- Active to
- 2023-05-03
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Namibian
- Born
- ( 1967-10-02 ) 2 October 1967 (age 58) , Windhoek , South West Africa
- Height
- 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
- Weight
- 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event s
- 100 metres , 200 metres
- College team
- BYU Cougars
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Namibia
- Place of birth
- Windhoek
- Occupation
- sprinter
- Educated at
- Brigham Young University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Namibia
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Osaka07 Opening Frankie Fredericks.jpg
- Height
- 180
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Frank Fredericks
- date of birth
- 1967-10-02
- member of
- International Olympic Committee
- sports discipline competed in
- 200 metres
- name in native language
- Frankie Fredericks
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Encyclopedic overview
Frank "Frankie" Fredericks (born 2 October 1967) 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 (two in 1992 and two in 1996), making him Namibia's only Olympic medalist until Christine Mboma's silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. 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 joint-third-fastest non-winning time for the 200 metres. In August 1996, Fredericks ran 19.68 seconds in the Olympic final in Atlanta, Georgia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frankie Fredericks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.