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| Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2006-01-03) 3 January 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 200m: 23.02 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sole Frederick (born 3 January 2006) is a sprinter who runs for Trinidad and Tobago. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.1
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
References
- "Sole Frederick". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- Brock, Mark (7 August 2024). "Druid Hills High alums Sanaa and Sole Frederick track stars set for Paris Olympics". ocgnews. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "University of Georgia Welcomes Trinidad and Tobago Sprint Twins Sanaa and Sole Frederick". Track Alerts. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "T&T's Carifta stars on course for Olympic push". guardian.co.tt. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Sole and Sanaa - T&T's sprint twins". guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- Laurence, Kwame (March 29, 2024). "CARIFTA Confidence". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Trinidad and Tobago golden on final day at Carifta Games". newsday.co.tt. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- Ramphal, Vidia (July 20, 2024). "Sole Frederick - 2024 Olympic Profiles". loopnews. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Atlanta's 'Turbo Twins' compete for Trinidad & Tobago in Paris Olympics relay". llalive.com. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Seeing Double: Here's a Look at Sets of Twins Making Olympic History". newsweek. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- Jacks, Bradley (March 12, 2024). "Trinidad & Tobago's Frederick twins announce NIL deal with Adidas". Sportsmax. Retrieved 9 August 2024.