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}} Cornel Edwin Fredericks (born 3 March 1990 in Worcester, Western Cape) is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best for the event is 48.14 seconds. He was the silver medallist at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and came fifth in the final at the 2011 World Championships. ==Career== In his earliest international outing, Fredericks won a bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles and a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2006 Gymnasiade.〔(ISF Thessaloníki GRE 30 June – 2 July Gymnasiade 2006, Kaftanzóglion Stadium ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 He was fifth in the 400 m event at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and improved to fourth place at the 2008 World Junior Championships.〔(World Youth Championships 2007 ). World Junior Athletics History (WJAH). Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕〔(World Junior Championships 2008 ). WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 Later that year he ran at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, coming second in the 110 m hurdles and helping the South African 4×400 metres relay team to fourth place.〔(Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 ). WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 In his final year of junior competitions, he won both the hurdles events at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships as well as a silver medal in the relay.〔(African Junior Championships 2009 ). WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 He came second in the 400 m hurdles at the 2009 South African Championships behind Wouter le Roux and won the national universities title. As a result, he competed at the 2009 Summer Universiade where he finished fourth in a personal best of 49.93 seconds.〔(Cornel Fredericks ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 The 2010 season saw him established himself as a senior athlete. He won first national title in the 400 m hurdles with a clocking of 49.70 seconds. He improved his personal best several times that year, culminating in a run of 48.79 seconds to take the silver medal at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics, completing a South African 1–2 alongside the event winner L.J. van Zyl.〔Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-30). (Rudisha sizzles 1:42.84 in Nairobi as Kenya collects three golds in Nairobi – African champs, day 3 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 Fredericks was beaten by van Zyl at the 2011 South African Championships, but left the competition with a significant improvement on his personal best (48.14 seconds).〔Ouma, Mark (2011-04-21). (Van Zyl prevailed, Ramolefi, Namibian Nghipandula shine in eThekwini ). African Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 On the circuit he was runner-up at the Doha Diamond League meeting and won in Tampere and at the KBC Night of Athletics.〔(Cornel Fredericks ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 Fredericks entered the 2011 World Championships in Athletics as the fifth fastest 400 m hurdler of the year and he matched this ranking with a fifth-place finish in the 400 m hurdles world final.〔(400 m hurdles 2011 ). IAAF (2011-09-08). Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕〔Landells, Steve (2011-09-01). (Men's 400m Hurdles – Final – Greene's finish the difference ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-09.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cornel Fredericks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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