Christian Frederiksen

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Christian Frederiksen
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Duisburg C-2 10000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Plovdiv C-2 1000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Plovdiv C-2 10000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Poznań C-2 10000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen C-2 1000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen C-2 10000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen C-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Montreal C-2 10000 m

Christian Frederiksen (born 31 January 1965) is a Danish-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.

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).

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