Merlene Frazer

Merlene Frazer (born December 27, 1973 in Trelawny Parish ) is a former Jamaican sprinter .

Frazer was already internationally successful as a junior. At the Junior World Championships in 1990 in Plovdiv , she won the gold medal with the Jamaican 4 x 100 meter relay . She defended this title two years later at the Junior World Championships in Seoul in 1992 , where she also won bronze in the 100 and 200 meters .

In the course of her career she was particularly successful as a relay runner. With the 4 x 100 meter relay she won the silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, bronze at the 1999 World Championships in Seville and 2001 in Edmonton . In addition, she was a member of the Jamaican sprint relay, which was second at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . However, Frazer himself was only used in the qualifying rounds. In the final, Merlene Ottey took her place as the final runner.

Frazer's greatest success as a single starter was winning the bronze medal in the 200-meter run at the 1999 World Championships . She reached the goal at the same time as the German Andrea Philipp , who was initially led in fourth place. After a protest by the German Athletics Association , two bronze medals were awarded. Frazer achieved other noteworthy results in the 200-meter run as fourth in the 1997 World Indoor Championships in Paris and second in the 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Finals in Munich, as well as in the 400-meter run as a semi-final participant at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta .

Merlene Frazer is 1.74 m tall and had a competition weight of 63 kg.

Top performances

Merlene Frazer in the database of World Athletics (English)
Merlene Frazer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )