Merlene Frazer
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing Jamaica | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | 4x100 m relay | |
World Championships | ||
1991 Tokyo | 4x100 m relay | |
1997 Athens | 4x100 m relay | |
1999 Seville | 200 m | |
1999 Seville | 4x100 m relay | |
2001 Edmonton | 4x100 m relay |
Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973, Trelawny, Jamaica) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres. In the 4 x 100 metres relay, she won a World Championship gold medal in 1991 and an Olympic silver medal in 2000. On both occasions, she ran in the preliminary rounds but not the final. Her biggest individual success was winning a World Championship bronze medal at 200 metres in 1997.
As part of the Jamaican 4 x 100 relay squad in 1991, she is the youngest World Champion ever.[1]
Running for the Texas Longhorns track and field team, Frazer won the 1994 200 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and won two indoor titles as well. She was inducted into the Texas sports hall of fame in 2017.[2]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1988 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) | Nassau, Bahamas | 6th | Long jump | |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.75 | |||
1989 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | 100 m | 11.93 |
2nd | 200 m | 25.0 | |||
2nd | Long jump | 5.81 m | |||
1990 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 100 m | 11.75 (1.3 m/s) |
2nd | 200 m | 23.89 (-0.2 m/s) | |||
1st | 4x100 m relay | 45.39 | |||
World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 5th | 100 m | 11.64 (wind: +0.9 m/s) | |
1st | 4x100 m relay | 43.82 | |||
1991 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 3rd | 100 m | 11.74 (1.7 m/s) |
2nd | 200 m | 23.86 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Xalapa, Mexico | 1st | 200 m | 23.63 | |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.54 | |||
Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 3rd | 200 m | 23.48 | |
1st | 4x100 m relay | 43.79 | |||
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 4 × 100 m | 41.94^ | |
1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 3rd | 100 m | 11.49 (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
3rd | 200 m | 23.29 (wind: +0.3 m/s) | |||
1st | 4x100 m relay | 43.96 | |||
1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 7th | 200 m | 23.18 |
4th | 4x400 m relay | 43.51 | |||
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 32nd (h) | 400 m | 52.24 |
— | 4x400 m relay | DQ | |||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 51.18 |
4th | 4x400 m relay | 3:21.69 | |||
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 4th | 200 m | 22.88 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 22.81 (-2.3 m/s) | |
2nd | 4x100 m relay | 42.10 SB | |||
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 3rd | 200 m | 22.26 (0.6 m/s) |
3rd | 4x100 m relay | 42.15 SB | |||
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 42.13^ |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 3rd | 4x100 m relay | 42.40 SB |
- ^ At both the 1991 World Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games, Frazer ran in the preliminary rounds of the 4 × 100 m relay but not in the final.
- (#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf).
Personal bests
- 100 metres - 11.20 s (1995)
- 200 metres - 22.18 s (1999)
- 400 metres - 51.18 s (1996)
References
External links
- Merlene Frazer at World Athletics
- Merlene Frazer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1983: Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)
- 1987: Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith Joyner, Pam Marshall (USA)
- 1991: Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey, Merlene Frazer (JAM)
- 1993: Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Irina Privalova, Marina Trandenkova (RUS)
- 1995: Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence, D'Andre Hill (USA)
- 1997: Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers (USA)
- 1999: Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Clarke-Lewis (BAH)
- 2001: Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner (GER)
- 2003: Patricia Girard-Léno, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron (FRA)
- 2005: Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Me'Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams (USA)
- 2007: Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Mikele Barber, Torri Edwards, Carmelita Jeter, Mechelle Lewis (USA)
- 2009: Simone Facey, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Aleen Bailey, Kerron Stewart (JAM)
- 2011: Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter, Shalonda Solomon, Alexandria Anderson (USA)
- 2013: Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sheri-Ann Brooks (JAM)
- 2015: Veronica Campbell Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart (JAM)
- 2017: Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie, Ariana Washington (USA)
- 2019: Natalliah Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison (JAM)
- 2022: Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry, Aleia Hobbs (USA)
- 2023: Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson, Tamara Clark, Melissa Jefferson (USA)
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