Frankie Fredericks
Frank Fredericks ( Frankie Fredericks, born October 2, 1967 in Windhoek ) is a Namibian former athlete who in 100 - won the first and only Olympic medals for his home and 200 -meter run.
He worked at Rössing, before in 1987 he was awarded a scholarship from Brigham Young University in the United States. After his country had gained independence from South Africa in 1990, he was able to take in international sporting events for Namibia.
At the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo, he won the silver medal over 200 meters and reached number 5 in the 100 meters. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he won the silver medal in the 100 -meter run behind Linford Christie (GBR) and ahead of Dennis Mitchell (USA) and the silver medal in the 200 -meter run behind Michael Marsh (USA ) and before Michael Bates (USA ).
In 1993, he won with a 19.85 s, his previously best time at the World Championships in Stuttgart than 200 meters and finished sixth over 100 m. In 1994 he won at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria bronze over 100m and gold over 200 m. At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, he won silver over 200 meters, finishing in fourth place on 100 m. The following year he presented to the currently valid indoor world record over 200 meters with 19.92 s.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, his silver medal Double repeated. About 100 meters he was only beaten by Donovan Bailey ( CAN), about 200 meters only from Michael Johnson (USA). In both races, he referred Ato Boldon from Trinidad and Tobago to third place.
In 1997, he repeated at the World Championships in Athens' placements of Gothenburg: Silver 200 m and rank 4 over 100 m. In 1998 he won at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur silver over 100 meters, and at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi in 1999, he won gold over 200 m.
Then it took injuries to create, so that he failed in the 1999 World Championships in Seville on both sprints in qualifying.
On 7 April 1999 he founded the Frank Fredericks Foundation in Windhoek, a non-profit Foundation for the promotion of sports.
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he reported back and won the 200 meters gold medal. At the World Championships in Paris in 2003 he finished seventh, and at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he was the oldest athlete to ever reached an Olympic final in the sprint. In the 200 - meter race, he finished fourth.
When he retired from active competition in the same year, he was about 100 yards 27 times run for a time under 10 seconds and the number 3 in the all-time best list. During the Olympic Games in Athens Fredericks was elected to the IOC and represents since August 29, 2004 in Namibia International Olympic Committee.
Fredericks is with Jessica Fredericks, sister of Nico Motchebon, married and lives both in Namibia as well as in Germany.
Bests
100-meter times under 10 seconds
200-meter times less than 20 seconds