Christian Frederiksen
Christian Frederiksen (born January 31, 1965) is a Danish-born, Norwegian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | C-2 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1987 Duisburg | C-2 10000 m |
| 1989 Plovdiv | C-2 1000 m |
| 1989 Plovdiv | C-2 10000 m |
| 1990 Poznań | C-2 10000 m |
| 1993 Copenhagen | C-2 1000 m |
| 1993 Copenhagen | C-2 10000 m |
| 1993 Copenhagen | C-2 500 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1986 Montreal | C-2 10000 m |
Frederiksen moved from Denmark to Norway after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
He found better success at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eight medals. This includes six golds (C-2 1000 m: 1989, 1993; C-2 10000 m: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993), one silver (C-2 500 m: 1993), and one bronze (C-2 10000 m: 1986).
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Frederiksen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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