Lindel Frater
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||
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13 November 1977 Trelawny, Jamaica |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres, 100 metres | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | TCU Horned Frogs | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lindel Frater (born 13 November 1977 in Trelawny, Jamaica) is a former sprinter who specialised in the 60 metres and 100 metres events.
He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m and finishing fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay as part of the Jamaican team which broke the national record. He also competed in the 100 m at the 2001 World Championships, dropping out at the heat stage, and in the 60 m at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, where he reached the semi-finals.
He is the brother of Michael Frater who holds the world record in the 4 × 100 m relay event. He stated that Lindel "is like the biggest influence in my life in terms of track and field. He was there before anyone else and I looked up to him".
Frater won the 100 m at the CARIFTA Games, in the Under-20 category. His winning time was 10.60.
Frater successfully defended his 100 m title at the CARIFTA Games, winning in 10.50.
Running for Tarleton State, Frater won the 100 m at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships, posting 10.37 into a -1.2 m/s headwind. He received All-American awards for the 100 m and 200 m. He won the Lone Star Conference Championship in the 100 m and 200 m, setting school records of 10.12 and 20.58 respectively and was awarded the title of Lone Star Conference Most Outstanding Track Athlete.
Competing at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships for Texas Christian University in March, Frater finished third in the 60 m.
At the June NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, Frater recorded a personal best 10.07 in the 100 m semi-final. He finished fourth in the final by one hundredth of a second, posting 10.20.
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