Christian Frederiksen

Christian Frederiksen
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona C-2 1000 m
World Championships
1987 Duisburg C-2 10000 m
1989 Plovdiv C-2 1000 m
1989 Plovdiv C-2 10000 m
1990 Poznań C-2 10000 m
1993 Copenhagen C-2 1000 m
1993 Copenhagen C-2 10000 m
1993 Copenhagen C-2 500 m
1986 Montreal C-2 10000 m

Christian Frederiksen (born January 31, 1965) is a Danish-born, 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.

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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