Sole Frederick

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Sole Frederick
Personal information
NationalityTrinidad and Tobago
Born (2006-01-03) 3 January 2006 (age 19)
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 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams. [4] She won bronze in the mixed 4 × 100 m 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 4 × 100 m 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 4 × 100 m 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]

References

  1. "Sole Frederick". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. Brock, Mark (7 August 2024). "Druid Hills High alums Sanaa and Sole Frederick track stars set for Paris Olympics". ocgnews. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. "University of Georgia Welcomes Trinidad and Tobago Sprint Twins Sanaa and Sole Frederick". Track Alerts. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. "T&T's Carifta stars on course for Olympic push". guardian.co.tt. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. "Sole and Sanaa - T&T's sprint twins". guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. Laurence, Kwame (March 29, 2024). "CARIFTA Confidence". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  7. "Trinidad and Tobago golden on final day at Carifta Games". newsday.co.tt. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  8. Ramphal, Vidia (July 20, 2024). "Sole Frederick - 2024 Olympic Profiles". loopnews. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. "Atlanta's 'Turbo Twins' compete for Trinidad & Tobago in Paris Olympics relay". llalive.com. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  10. "Seeing Double: Here's a Look at Sets of Twins Making Olympic History". newsweek. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  11. Jacks, Bradley (March 12, 2024). "Trinidad & Tobago's Frederick twins announce NIL deal with Adidas". Sportsmax. Retrieved 9 August 2024.