19 Facts About Sultana Frizell

Sultana Frizell was born on 24 October 1984 and is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw.

Sultana Frizell competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Sultana Frizell is the former Commonwealth Games champion in the hammer throw and Commonwealth Games record holder for the event as well.

Sultana Frizell was born in Perth, Ontario and started her athletic career in figure skating before taking up track and field in high school.

Sultana Frizell won gold medals in hammer and shot put and silver in discus at 2003 Canadian junior championships.

Sultana Frizell took fourth in the hammer and sixth in shot put at 2003 Pan Am junior championships.

Sultana Frizell graduated from high school in 2003 and immediately enrolled at the University of Georgia where she competed for three seasons.

Sultana Frizell placed ninth at the NCAA Championships and third at the Canadian Track and Field Championships.

Sultana Frizell improved her personal bests in the shot put and javelin.

Sultana Frizell finished the season with a best of 63.36 meters in the hammer throw.

Sultana Frizell improved her placing at both the NCAA Championships and Canadian Championships, finishing sixth and second respectively.

Sultana Frizell continued to progress and won her first Canadian national title in 2007.

On November 1,2007, Sultana Frizell relocated to Kamloops, British Columbia to train under the guidance of former world record holder Anatoliy Bondarchuk.

Sultana Frizell came back even stronger during the 2009 season and set two more national records.

Sultana Frizell concluded her season with a gold medal and meet record performance at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Sultana Frizell's following two throws failed to count and she did not qualify for the finals.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Sultana Frizell broke her own Games record three times, throwing a high of 71.97 metres to defend her Commonwealth Games title.

Sultana Frizell was named Canada's flag-bearer for the Games' closing ceremonies.

In 2012 Sultana Frizell was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.