Frankie Fredericks

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.