26 Facts About Frankie Fredericks

Frank "Frankie" Fredericks was born on 2 October 1967 and is a former track and field athlete from Namibia.

Frankie Fredericks won gold medals at the World Championships, World Indoor Championships, All-Africa Games and Commonwealth Games.

Frankie Fredericks is the world indoor record-holder for 200 metres, with a time of 19.92 seconds set in 1996.

Frankie Fredericks holds the joint-third-fastest non-winning time for the 200 metres.

Frankie Fredericks is the oldest man to have broken 20 seconds for the 200 metres.

On 12 July 2002 in Rome, Frankie Fredericks won the 200 metres in a time of 19.99 seconds at the age of 34 years 283 days.

Frankie Fredericks is currently serving as a council member in the IAAF.

On 3 March 2017, Frankie Fredericks was implicated in the IAAF corruption scandal, stemming from a large cash payment he received in 2009.

Frankie Fredericks was born in Windhoek, the only child of Riekie Frankie Fredericks, a seamstress, and Andries Kangootui, a farmer.

Frankie Fredericks grew up in the city's Katutura township, his parents splitting up while he was little.

When he received a scholarship to complete his matric at Concordia College Frankie Fredericks took up athletics because the soccer was not strong at Concordia.

Frankie Fredericks still played for Black Africa, one of the country's top teams.

In 1990, after his country had become independent of South Africa, Frankie Fredericks could participate in international competition.

At the World Championships in 1991, Fredericks won a silver medal in the 200 m, finishing behind Michael Johnson, and placed 5th in the 100 m He then went on to The following year, at the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Fredericks became Namibia's first Olympic medalist when he finished second in both the 100 m and 200 m He won the silver medal in the men's 100-metre dash, with a time of 10.02 seconds, just.

At the time, Frankie Fredericks's second-place run was the third-fastest in history, beaten only by Johnson.

At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Frankie Fredericks missed out on the chance of gold in the 100 m; he was beaten by Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago.

Frankie Fredericks had run the 100 m under 10 seconds 27 times.

In 2004 Frankie Fredericks became a member of the International Olympic Committee.

In 2009 Frankie Fredericks became the head of the Athletics Namibia in a controversial leadership contest.

In 2012 Frankie Fredericks was nominated to be a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Frank Frankie Fredericks is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organisation.

On 3 March 2017, French newspaper Le Monde reported that Frankie Fredericks had received US$299,300 from Pamodzi Sports Consulting, a company owned by Papa Massata Diack.

Frankie Fredericks has denied that the payment has anything to do with the Olympic bid, but instead says it was fees paid for consulting services he provided for "relay championships" and marketing programs related to African championships and other IAAF programs.

On 6 March 2017, Frankie Fredericks stepped down from his position in the IAAF task force that is evaluating if or when to re-admit Russia's national sports body RusAF after a widespread doping scandal.

Frankie Fredericks was replaced as the chair of the 2024 Olympic bidding process by former FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann.

Frankie Fredericks founded the Frank Fredericks Foundation in 1999, a non-profit organisation supporting talented athletes.