Frankie Fredericks
Frankie Fredericks was born on October 2, 1967. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Frankie Fredericks
Frank "Frankie" Fredericks (born 2 October 1967) is a Namibian former track and field sprinter athlete. 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. He is the world indoor record-holder for 200 metres, with a time of 19.92 seconds set in 1996. Fredericks has broken 20 seconds for the 200 metres 24 times. He also holds the joint-third-fastest non-winning time for the 200 metres. In August 1996, Fredericks ran 19.68 seconds in the Olympic final in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also the oldest man to have broken 20 seconds for the 200 metres. On 12 July 2002 in Rome, Fredericks won the 200 metres in a time of 19.99 seconds at the age of 34 years 283 days. He previously served as a council member in the IAAF. On 3 March 2017, Fredericks was implicated in the IAAF corruption scandal, stemming from a large cash payment he received in 2009. In November 2017, French authorities formally indicted Fredericks on charges of passive corruption and money laundering in connection with a vote-buying scheme for the 2016 Rio Olympics.