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Michael Frater

Jamaican sprinter

Michael Frater O.D (born 6 October ) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialised in the metres event.[2] He won a silver medal at the World Championships and a gold medal at the Pan American Games for the event.

He has also been flourishing as part of the Jamaican 4 × metres relay team, setting the world record and Olympic record at the London Olympics and Beijing Olympics. He also won gold in the relay at the Commonwealth Games and took silver in the edition.

Career

Born on 6 October , in Manchester, Jamaica, Michael Frater is the second of three sons of Lyndell Frater, member of Jamaican Parliament, and Monica Frater. He attended the Ulster Spring primary school with brothers Lindel and Ricardo.

His elder brother Lindel, was a sprinter who represented Jamaica at the Olympic Games. Frater stated that his brother was a major influence on his conclusion to become a track athlete.[3]

Frater attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.[4] He is a member of the MVP (Maximising Velocity and Power) Route & Field Club based at the University of Technology, Jamaica (U-Tech), Kingston, and is coached by Stephen Francis.

Representing Wolmer's Boys School, Frater set two records at the Inter-Secondary Academy Sports Association National Boys & Girls Athletic Championship held at the National Stadium, Kingston. On 22 March, he won the Class 3 metres in and the Class 3 metres in [5]

Frater won gold at the CARIFTA Games, winning the Under &#;m in [6]

Frater won a bronze medal at the CARIFTA Games.

Competing in the Under &#;m he recorded into a − m/sheadwind. He also won a silver medal in the 4 × m relay event.[6]

On 9 July Frater won a silver medal in the 4 x metres relay at the Pan American Junior Championships.

He ran the second leg for Jamaica, who finished in behind the United States team.[7]

Eight days later Frater won a gold medal at the World Youth Championships.[8] He ran the second leg on the 4 × &#;m relay, the team's winning time setting a new Planet Youth (under 18) record.[9]

Frater finished second in the &#;m with at the Jamaica National Junior Championships on 30 June.[10]

Running for Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, he won the Florida state championship in the &#;m, and was selected as the Gatorade Outstanding Elevated School Track Athlete for the state.[11]

In October, Frater finished fifth in the &#;m at the IAAF World Junior Championships in a personal best [12] and again fifth when running the first leg of the 4 × &#;m relay in [13]

Frater won the m at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships in [14] Although wind aided +&#;m/s the time is credited as a meet record, with the "(w-a)" notation for wind assistance.[15] In the preliminaries of the m Frater ran a personal best (wind +&#;m/s).[16] He won the m at the similar event, in [17] Again wind assisted (+&#;m/s), the time is credited as a meet document, with the "(w-a)" notation for wind assistance.[15] Frater collected his third win of the convene when TCU won the 4 × m relay in ,[18] setting another meet record.[15]

On 1 June Frater finished fourth in the m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, running in a − headwind.[19]

In July at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester Frater finished seventh in semi-final 1 of the m event.

He then ran the first leg of the Jamaican 4 × m relay team that won a silver medal, the Jamaican team finishing with the same time as England, in s.[20]

In February Frater ran at the Conference USA Indoor Championships, bettering the previous convene record while finishing second in the 60 m.

He also finished second in the m.[21]

Frater finished third in the &#;m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earning all-American honors.[22]

In early August at the Pan American Games, Frater finished second in the &#;m in [23] He ran the first leg of the 4 × &#;m relay; the Jamaican team finished fourth recording Frater was awarded the gold medal for the &#;m and the bronze for the 4 × &#;m relay a week later[24] when American Mickey Grimes tested positive for the stimulant ephedrine,[25] resulting in the disqualification of Grimes and the US relay team.[citation needed]

Three weeks later at the World Championships in Paris, Frater was eliminated, running in the quarter finals of the &#;m heat immediately accompanying Jon Drummond's on-track protest for disqualification, finishing sixth posting [26] He helped the 4 × &#;m relay team qualify second quickest[27] for the final, running the third leg in the semi-final.

In the final the baton exchange was not executed cleanly between Dwight Thomas and Frater, resulting in a DNF for the team.[28]

In May Frater won the m at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships in TCU won the 4 × m relay, giving Frater his second win of the meet.[29]

On 12 June Frater finished second in to Tyson Gay at the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Texas.[30][31] As a member of the TCU relay team he finished fourth in the 4 × m event.[32]

Frater was knocked out in the first semi-final of the &#;m sprint at the Athens Olympics, finishing sixth in into a −&#;m/s headwind.[33] He ran the anchor leg on the 4 × m relay in the heats, but did not get the chance to hasten for a medal as the Jamaican team failed to qualify for the final, with a season best fourth-place finish in their heat.[34]

On 16 July Frater won the Meeting de Madrid IAAF Grand Prix event, recording into a −&#;m/s headwind.[35]

In the World Championships, he won the silver medal in the &#;m with , finishing second to American Justin Gatlin,[36] who was subsequently banned from competition in for four years after testing positive for testosterone or its precursor.[37] The Jamaican 4 × &#;m relay team, anchored by Frater, failed to gain a medal in the final, finishing fourth by to the Amazing Britain and Northern Ireland team.[38]

Although he qualified for the &#;m at the World Athletics Concluding in Monaco, Frater did not start the race.[39]

Frater was disqualified in the semi-finals of the &#;m sprint because of a false start at the Commonwealth Games in March.[40]Patrick Johnson was charged with the first inaccurate start, which put the entire field under caution.

Frater was removed from the field after the second false start, although he had a slower reaction, officially ,[40] to the gun than Jacey Harper in Street 7.

Michael Frater O. D born 6 October is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialised in the metres event. He also won gold in the relay at the Commonwealth Games and took silver in the edition. He attended the Ulster Spring primary school with brothers Lindel and Ricardo.

After a third false start Mark Lewis-Francis was also disqualified from the semi-final. Frater ran the first leg of the 4 × &#;m relay, earning a gold medal with Jamaica's winning period of [41]

Frater withdrew from competing in the Jamaica International Invitational on 6 May, his coach citing financial issues and "disrespect"[42]

In June, Frater won the &#;m in at the JAAA National Championships, succeeding Asafa Powell as Jamaica National Champion.[43] He and his brother Lindel are the only brothers to win the m event at the national championships.[44]

Frater, , finished second to Darrel Brown, , of Trinidad at the Jamaica International Invitational on 5 May.[45]

In June at the National Championships on a day highlighted by Veronica Campbell-Brown's emphatic victory in the female &#;m in a world-leading moment of , Frater failed to qualify for the Osaka Nature Championships when he clocked a less than impressive His only chance was left up to the final semi-final of the day but the exploits of talented schoolboy Yohan Blake () pushed Nesta Carter to jog a blistering thus making the third heat the fastest heat of the day.

This meant that the World Championships silver medalist was out of the finals and as a product did not make the Jamaican team to Osaka.[citation needed]

On 28 July Frater clocked at the 4th Gran Premio Internacional de Atletismo Gobierno de Aragon held in Zaragoza, Spain.

The wind for the race was an illegal &#;m/s.[46]

Frater finished third in the &#;m at the Planet Athletics Final, Stuttgart, in [47]

On 28 June , Frater finished third in the Jamaica National Championships (behind Usain Bolt , Asafa Powell ) in , and qualified for the Olympics in Beijing.[citation needed]

He finished sixth in the Olympic &#;m terminal setting a personal best of &#;seconds.[citation needed]

Frater won a gold medal in Beijing, running the second leg of the 4 × m relay.

The relay team of Carter, Frater, Bolt and Powell set a brand-new world record of , with Frater recording a split day of seconds for his leg. (USATF High Performance Registered Split Analysis). The gold medal was later rescinded by the IOC on 25 January , after a retest of Frater's teammate Nesta Carter found the presence of the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.[48]

In a Jamaican sweep of the medal positions led by Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter, Frater again finished third in the &#;m at the World Athletics Final, Stuttgart, in [49]

One week later Frater won the m at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on 20 September, the first official event of the IAAF Grand Prix series.[50]

Frater was honoured in a homecoming celebration in Jamaica and received an Order of Distinction (Officer Rank) in recognition of his achievements at the Olympics.[51]

Frater ran the second leg for his MVP 4 × &#;m relay team at the Milo Western Relays held at the GC Foster College on 14 February.

The team recorded a new face record and world leading second of &#;s for the relay event.[52]

On 7 March, Frater was inducted into the Boyd Anderson Ring of Honor.[53]

On 16 April Frater was nominated for the Laureus World Team of the Year award, as a member of the Jamaica Olympic Sprint Team.[54][55] Two days later Frater ran a leg of the 4 × m at the UTech Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.

The teams winning clocking was a new come across record.[56][57] Frater also ran the m at the event, finishing fourth in [58]

Frater next competed at the Penn Relays on 25 April.

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He ran the second leg of the 4 × m relay. Asafa Powell on the fourth leg pulled up and finished ninth in [59] A report in the Jamaica Observer on the morning of the event indicated that Powell had injured his ankle in training and was not expected to run.[60]

At the Guadeloupe International Invitational On 1 May, Frater placed third in the m in [61] On 8 May he finished second in at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix.[62] He finished eighth at the Reebok Grand Prix held in New York Urban area at Icahn Stadium on 30 May.[63] At the Prefontaine Classic eight days later he finished sixth.[64]

Frater showed a spectacular restore to form at the Jamaica National Trials, finishing third in the m in (−&#;m/s wind), qualifying for the World Championships in Berlin.[65]

In a surprise upset at the National Championships, Frater was beaten into second place in the m final.[citation needed]

Following the National Championships Frater did not compete in the IAAF Diamond League events.[citation needed]

A Gleaner newspaper report revealed that Frater had suffered a ruptured knee ligament in [66]

As part of the Jamaican 4 × metres relay team, setting the nature record and Olympic record on 11 August , at the London Olympics.

Frater ran the second leg, and his split was timed at seconds, only surpassed that night by Usain Bolt's seconds on the anchor leg.

Accomplishments and major contest results

Personal bests

Competition record

metres

4× metres relay

Time progression in the m

YearTimeWindspeedCityDate
Santiago de Chile18 October
Arlington5 May
Louisville9 May
Lincoln30 May
Austin1 June
Athens14 June
Gateshead11 June
Rieti9 September
Beijing16 August
−Kingston27 June
Rieti28 August
Lausanne30 June
Kingston29 June
−Lausanne3 July
Kingston25 June

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  1. ^ ab"Michael Frater".

    After Raymond Stewart won a m silver medal at the World Championship in Rome, Jamaica had to wait 18 years for another male to medal in the event and that came courtesy of Frater at the World Championship, where he too won silver and the renaissance began. It was the beginning of great things as, two years later, Bolt would cop silver in the m before everything exploded in at the Olympics in Beijing. Frater along with Bolt, Powell, Blake and Nesta Carter would form a formidable relay unit where they won gold at the Olympics and World championships and lowered the world register three times. Frater was a part of all three.

    . Retrieved 6 June

  2. ^"Where Are They Now: Michael Frater imparting wisdom as a coach". Jamaica Observer. 18 July
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  4. ^Frogs in the OlympicsArchived 21 March at the Wayback Machine. Texas Christian University (). Retrieved on
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  6. ^ abCARIFTA Games Under 17 list.

    With his pivotal role in the Jamaican 4× meters relay team, Frater helped secure gold medals that elevated his team to legendary status. In this article, we’ll dive into Frater’s journey, exploring his soar to fame, his notable victories, and his legacy in footpath and field.

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  7. ^ Pan Am Junior Championship Tampa, Florida – Friday 9 July to Sunday 11 July
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  11. ^Michael Frater – Education for greatness.

    Quote by Frater Ravus: “Faith does not grant you the answers ...: Michael Frater O.D (born 6 October ) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialised in the metres event. [2] He won a silver medal at the World Championships and a gold medal at the Pan American Games for the event.

    (26 February )

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  13. ^4x m final IAAF WJC
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  22. ^TCU's Frater and Edwards Earn All-America Honors. Retrieved on
  23. ^Day 2 results, Pan American Games.

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  24. ^PAN AMERICAN GAMES; Sprinter Tests Positive, Costing U.S. Two Golds. New York Times ().

    Michael Frater is a four-year letterman and is one of the most decorated student-athletes in TCU track and field history with seven All-America selections and five Conference USA titles. Frater was named the C-USA Outdoor Athlete of the Year and was the silver medalist at the NCAA Championship.

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  25. ^Grimes fails doping test. Retrieved on
  26. ^ m quarter final results World Championships.
  27. ^4x m semi final Society Championships.
  28. ^4x m relay terminal World Championships.

  29. ^ m Conference USA Outdoor Championships. Retrieved on
  30. ^TCU's Frater Misses Gold By Seconds. Retrieved on
  31. ^NCAA Division I outdoor Championships. Retrieved on
  32. ^4x m relay NCAA Division 1 Championships.

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  33. ^Athens m semi-final results.
  34. ^4x m heat results Athens Olympics.
  35. ^ m result Meeting de Madrid
  36. ^ m final World Championships.
  37. ^Shipley, Amy (1 January ) Gatlin Loses Fight, Receives 4-Year Doping Ban.

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  38. ^4x m relay final World Championships.
  39. ^ m result World Athletics Final.
  40. ^ ab m semifinal 2 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved on
  41. ^4x m relay result Commonwealth Games.

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  42. ^Frater pulls out of meet. (6 May )
  43. ^ JAAA National Championships
  44. ^National Champions m
  45. ^ m results Jamaica International Invitational
  46. ^Six men below seconds in windy Zaragoza.

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  47. ^ m result World Athletics Final.
  48. ^"Usain Bolt loses gold medal after relay teammate set up guilty of doping". 25 January
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  50. ^ Shanghai Golden Grand Prix m result.
  51. ^Welcoming abode our Olympians. (5 October )
  52. ^Bailey, Robert (15 February ) World-leading for MVP at Western Relays.
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  57. ^UTECH Route & Field Classic Men 4x Meter Relay College&Inv result 4/18/
  58. ^UTECH Track & Field Classic Men Meter Dash College&Inv 4/18/
  59. ^ Penn Relays Results Men 4x
  60. ^Raynor, Kayon (25 April ) Asafa drops out!

    'Injured' sprinter shuns relay, could sprint m at Penns today.

  61. ^ Results Guadeloupe International Invitational.
  62. ^ m result Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix
  63. ^ m results Reebok Grand Prix.

  64. ^ Prefontaine Classic Grand Prix – 6/7/
  65. ^Foster, Anthony ().

    Michael Frater was born on October 6,in Manchester, Jamaica. He inherited his athletic prowess from his parents, both of whom were sprinters. He attended the Tarrant Lofty School in Kingston, where his talent swiftly caught the eyes of coaches and sports enthusiasts alike. Training with diligence and unwavering commitment, the young runner soon made a name for himself at the high college level.

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External links

Olympic champions in men's 4 × metres relay

  • &#;David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, Willie Applegarth&#;(GBR)
  • &#;Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey&#;(USA)
  • &#;Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey, Al LeConey&#;(USA)
  • &#;Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charley Borah, Henry Russell&#;(USA)
  • &#;Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff&#;(USA)
  • &#;Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff&#;(USA)
  • &#;Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton&#;(USA)
  • &#;Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Andy Stanfield&#;(USA)
  • &#;Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Morrow&#;(USA)
  • &#;Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer&#;(EUA)
  • &#;Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes&#;(USA)
  • &#;Charles Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines&#;(USA)
  • &#;Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart&#;(USA)
  • &#;Harvey Glance, Lam Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick&#;(USA)
  • &#;Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Andrey Prokofyev&#;(URS)
  • &#;Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis&#;(USA)
  • &#;Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaliy Savin&#;(URS)
  • &#;Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis, James Jett&#;(USA)
  • &#;Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers&#;(CAN)
  • &#;Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene, Tim Montgomery, Kenny Brokenburr&#;(USA)
  • &#;Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Tag Lewis-Francis&#;(GBR)
  • &#;Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson, Aaron Armstrong&#;(TTO)
  • &#;Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Bailey-Cole&#;(JAM)
  • &#;Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Jevaughn Minzie, Kemar Bailey-Cole&#;(JAM)
  • &#;Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu&#;(ITA)
  • &#;Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse&#;(CAN)

World champions in men's 4 × metres relay

  • Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA)
  • Lee McRae, Lee Vernon McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis (USA)
  • Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis (USA)
  • Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell, Calvin Smith (USA)
  • Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin (CAN)
  • Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN)
  • Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene (USA)
  • Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton, Matthew Quinn (RSA)
  • John Capel Jr., Bernard Williams, Darvis Patton, Joshua J.

    Johnson (USA)

  • Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy, Oudéré Kankarafou (FRA)
  • Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Male lover, Leroy Dixon, Rodney Martin (USA)
  • Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lerone Clarke (JAM)
  • Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Dexter Lee (JAM)
  • Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey (JAM)
  • Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Rasheed Dwyer (JAM)
  • CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR)
  • Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles, Cravon Gillespie (USA)
  • Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse (CAN)
  • Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles, J.T.

    Smith (USA)