Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973, Trelawny, Jamaica) is a retired female

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sprinter from

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who specialized in the

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. In the 4 × 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 × 100 relay squad in

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, she is the youngest World Champion ever. 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.

Achievements

Personal bests

*100 metres - 11.20 s (1995) *200 metres - 22.18 s (1999) *400 metres - 51.18 s (1996)

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* * 1973 births Living people Jamaican female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Athletes from Trelawny Parish World Athletics Championships medalists Junior college women's track and field athletes in the United States Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Jamaican sportswomen 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen Jamaican Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners San Jacinto Ravens {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub