Frank Fredericks was bord on October 2, 1967 in Windhoek. He is 1.80 m. tall and weights 73 Kg. He studied at Brigham Young University in USA. The man who makes his country, Namibia, known worldwide with the olympic and world medals he won. He is the first non-USA sprinter who won the NCAA double. At Oslo, in 1996, he ended Michael Johnson's 2-year undefeated period at 200 m.

Personal Bests: 100 m.: 9.86 (1996), 200 m.: 19.68 (1996), 400 m. 46.28 (1989)

Progression at 100 m., 200 m.: 1985: 10.73 - 21.68, 1986: 10.1 - 20.6A, 1987: 10.36A - 20.58/20.41w, 1988: 10.32A - 20.57, 1989: 10.02A - 20.31A/20.09Aw, 1990: 10.16A/10.14Aw - 20.32/20.20Aw, 1991: 9.95/9.89w - 20.08/20.0/29.90w, 1992: 10.02/9.91w - 19.97, 1993: 10.03 - 19.85, 1994: 10.04/10.00w - 19.97, 1995: 10.03A, 19.93A, 1996: 9.86 - 19.68, 1997: 9.90 - 19.81, 1998: 9.93 - 199.97A/19.99, 1999: 9.94 - 19.87, 2000: - 20.79

Career Highlights:
1991: World Championships, silver medal (200 m.), 5th place (100 m.), African Champion (100 m. and 200 m.), NCAA Champion (100 m. and 200 m.), IAAF GP 2nd place (200 m.)
1992: Olympic Games, silver medals (100 m. and 200 m.)
1993: IAAF GP 1st place (200 m.)
1991: World Champion (200 m.), 6th place (100 m.)
1994: Commonwealth Games, gold medal (200 m.) and bronze medal (100 m.), World Cup gold medal (100 m.)
1995: World Championships, silver medal (200 m.), 4th place (100 m.), IAAF GP 2nd place (200 m.)
1996: Olympic Games, silver medals (100 m. and 200 m.)
1997: World Championships, silver medal (200 m.), 4th place (100 m.), IAAF GP 1st place (200 m.)
1998: Commonwealth Games, silver medal (100 m.), World Cup gold medal (100 m.) and bronze medal (200 m.), IAAF GP 1st place (100 m.)
1999: African Championships, bronze medal (100 m.), Wolrd Indoor Champion (200 m.)
2002: Commonwealth Games, gold medal (200 m.)