Frederick Onyancha
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1996 Atlanta | 800 m |
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| gold | 1996 Yaoundé | 800 m |
Frederick Onyancha ( Frederick Momanyi "Fred" Onyancha ; born December 25, 1969 in Nyamira , Nyanza Province ) is a former Kenyan middle-distance runner whose special course was the 800-meter run .
In 1995 he finished fourth at the Pan-African Games . In 1996 he won gold at the African Championships in Yaoundé . He celebrated the greatest success of his career shortly afterwards at the Olympic Games in Atlanta , when he won the bronze medal in a personal best of 1: 42.79 minutes behind the Norwegian Vebjørn Rodal and the South African Hezekiél Sepeng . With this time Onyancha took eighth place in the all-time world best list.
At the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, he was eliminated in the preliminary run.
Frederick Onyancha is 1.70 m tall and weighed 64 kg when he was active.
Top performances
- 800 m: 1: 42.79 min, July 31, 1996, Atlanta
Web links
- Frederick Onyancha in the database of World Athletics (English)
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| SURNAME | Onyancha, Frederick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Onyancha, Frederick Momanyi; Onyancha, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nyamira , Nyanza (Kenya) |