Christian Frederiksen

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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

Christian Frederiksen (born 31 January 1965 in Virum, Denmark) 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.

Career

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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