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Frank Fredericks
Fredericks in 2007
Personal information
Nationality
Namibian
Born
(1967-10-02) 2 October 1967 (age 56) Windhoek, South West Africa
Height
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
100 metres, 200 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Namibia
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
100 m
1992 Barcelona
200 m
1996 Atlanta
100 m
1996 Atlanta
200 m
World Championships
1993 Stuttgart
200 m
1991 Tokyo
200 m
1995 Gothenburg
200 m
1997 Athens
200 m
World Indoor Championships
1999 Maebashi
200 m
1993 Toronto
60 m
All-Africa Games
1991 Cairo
100 m
1991 Cairo
200 m
2003 Abuja
200 m
1999 Johannesburg
100 m
Commonwealth Games
1994 Victoria
200 m
2002 Manchester
200 m
1998 Kuala Lumpur
100 m
1994 Victoria
100 m
Goodwill Games
1994 Saint Petersburg
200 m
African Championships in Athletics
1998 Dakar
200 m
2002 Tunis
100 m
2002 Tunis
200 m
1998 Dakar
100 m
Representing Africa
World Cup
1998 Johannesburg
200 m
1994 London
200 m
2002 Madrid
200 m
1998 Johannesburg
4×100 m relay
2002 Madrid
4×100 m relay
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 able-bodied 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.
He is also the oldest man to have broken 20 seconds for the 200 metres. On 12 July 2002 in Rome, Fredericks won the 200 metres in a time of 19.99 seconds at the age of 34 years 283 days. He is currently serving as a council member in the IAAF.
On 3 March 2017, Fredericks was implicated in the IAAF corruption scandal, stemming from a large cash payment he received in 2009. The investigation is still to be concluded.
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