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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 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 455,459 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Frankie Fredericks is the 774th most popular athlete (down from 623rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Namibia and the most popular Namibian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frankie Fredericks ranks 774 out of 6,025. Before him are Renzo Minoli, Phil Heath, Roger Gautier, Tibor Berczelly, Gerhard Auer, and Maurice Larrouy. After him are Julius Saaristo, Phyllis Johnson, George Underwood, Oreste Puliti, Charles Asati, and Charles Reidpath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Frankie Fredericks ranks 217. Before him are Toshiyuki Morikawa, Bogdan Stelea, Morten Tyldum, Andreas Scholl, Lili Taylor, and Francois Pienaar. After him are Javier Cámara, Melina Kanakaredes, Álex Pina, Sharleen Spiteri, Götz Otto, and Alexia.

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In Namibia

Among people born in Namibia, Frankie Fredericks ranks 8 out of 15. Before him are Hage Geingob (1941), Nǃxau ǂToma (1944), Hifikepunye Pohamba (1936), Saara Kuugongelwa (1967), Nahas Angula (1943), and Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938). After him are Behati Prinsloo (1988), Collin Benjamin (1978), Percy Montgomery (1974), Michelle McLean (1972), 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), Christine Mboma (2003), Tsolmonbaataryn Anudari (1997), Phillip Seidler (1998), Maike Diekmann (1994), and Beatrice Masilingi (2003).

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