Sole Frederick

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Sole Frederick
Personal information
NationalityTrinidad and Tobago
Born (2006-01-03) 3 January 2006 (age 18)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best200m: 23.02 (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Nassau 4×400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 St George's 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 St George's 4x100 m relay

Sole Frederick (born 3 January 2006) is a sprinter who runs for Trinidad and Tobago. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Early life

She attended Druid Hills High School in Atlanta, Georgia. [2] She was announced as joining the University of Georgia on scholarship in 2023. [3]

Career

Competing at the 2023 CARIFTA Games, in Nassau, Bahamas, she won silver medals as part of the Trinidad and Tobago 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams. [4] She won bronze in the mixed 4x100m at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games hosted at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. [5]

In February, Sole established an indoor national junior 200m record of 23.55 seconds. [6] At the 2024 CARIFTA Games in Grenada 2024, Sole won silver medals in the 200m, and as part of the 4x100m relay team. [7] Sole won the 200m national championship in June 2024 and ran a personal best of 11.43 seconds in the 100m on 29 June at the National Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. [8]

On 8 August 2024, she ran as part of the Trinidad and Tobago 4x100m relay team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [9]

Personal life

Her twin sister Sanaa Frederick is also a sprinter. [10] In March 2024, the sisters signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal with Adidas. [11]

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References

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