Christian Frederiksen

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.

Christian Frederiksen
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1992 BarcelonaC-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1987 DuisburgC-2 10000 m
Gold medal – first place1989 PlovdivC-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1989 PlovdivC-2 10000 m
Gold medal – first place1990 PoznańC-2 10000 m
Gold medal – first place1993 CopenhagenC-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1993 CopenhagenC-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place1993 CopenhagenC-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1986 MontrealC-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 the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • 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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