# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frankie-fredericks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:01:36.819Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/frankie-fredericks"
name: "Frankie Fredericks"
slug: "frankie-fredericks"
description: "Frank \"Frankie\" Fredericks 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, 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. He is the world indoor record-holder for 200 metres, with a time of 19.92 seconds set in 1996."
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1967-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump