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Frankie Fredericks

1967 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frankie Fredericks has received more than 406,220 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Frankie Fredericks is the 623rd most popular athlete (up from 674th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Namibia and the most popular Namibian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frankie Fredericks ranks 623 out of 3,059. Before him are Bärbel Wöckel, John Winter, Heide Rosendahl, Paul Anderson, Argentina Menis, and Henri Tauzin. After him are Roman Steinberg, Ernesto Ambrosini, Lloyd La Beach, Georgios Roubanis, Magdalena Forsberg, and Jaan Talts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Frankie Fredericks ranks 197. Before him are Judd Apatow, Zvonimir Soldo, Criss Angel, Scott Weiland, Kubilay Türkyilmaz, and Sherry Stringfield. After him are Ted Chiang, Magdalena Forsberg, Riddick Bowe, Igor Dobrovolski, José Padilha, and Mohamed Nasheed.

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In Namibia

Among people born in Namibia, Frankie Fredericks ranks 8 out of 14. Before him are Hage Geingob (1941), Sam Nujoma (1929), Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), and Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938). After him are Behati Prinsloo (1988), Collin Benjamin (1978), Michelle McLean (1972), Percy Montgomery (1974), Helalia Johannes (1980), and Christine Mboma (2003).

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Among ATHLETES In Namibia

Among athletes born in Namibia, Frankie Fredericks ranks 1. After him are Helalia Johannes (1980) and Christine Mboma (2003).

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