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{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}{{MedalTableTop}}{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}{{MedalCountry| {{JAM}} }}{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}{{MedalSilver |2000 Sydney | 4x100 m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{MedalGold |1991 Tokyo | 4x100 m relay}}{{MedalSilver |1997 Athens | 4x100 m relay}}{{MedalBronze |1999 Seville | 200 m}}{{MedalBronze |1999 Seville | 4x100 m relay}}{{MedalBronze | 2001 Edmonton | 4x100 m relay}} {{MedalBottom}}Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973, Trelawny, Jamaica) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres. In the 4 x 100 metres relay, she won a World Championship gold medal in 1991 and an Olympic silver medal in 2000. On both occasions, she ran in the preliminary rounds but not the final. Her biggest individual success was winning a World Championship bronze medal at 200 metres in 1997.As part of the Jamaican 4 x 100 relay squad in 1991, she is the youngest World Champion ever.PRESS RELEASE, World Championship Statistics Handbook,weblink IAAF, 2017-08-03, ">

Achievements{| {{AchievementTable|Eventyes|classwikitable style"text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}

!colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}

1988	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas|6th|Long jump|

1st|4 × 100 m relay|46.75

1989	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd|100 m|11.93

2nd|200 m|25.0

2nd|Long jump|5.81 m

1990	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd|100 m|11.75   (1.3 m/s)

2nd|200 m|23.89   (-0.2 m/s)

1st|4x100 m relay|45.39

World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria|5th|100 m	1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.64 (wind: +0.9 m/s)

1st|4x100 m relay	1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>43.82

1991	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd|100 m|11.74   (1.7 m/s)

2nd|200 m|23.86

Central American and Caribbean Championships	Xalapa, Mexico	1st|200 m|23.63

1st|4 × 100 m relay|44.54

Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	3rd|200 m	Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres>23.48

1st|4x100 m relay	Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>43.79

1991 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Tokyo, Japan	1st|4 × 100 m	1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>41.94^

1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	3rd|100 m	1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.49 (wind: +0.3 m/s)

3rd|200 m	1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>23.29 (wind: +0.3 m/s)

1st|4x100 m relay	1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>43.96

1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada|7th|200 m	Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres>23.18

|4th|4x400 m relay

Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay>43.51

1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden|32nd (h)|400 m	1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres>52.24

| —|4x400 m relay

1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay>DQ

1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States|12th (sf)|400 m	Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres>51.18

|4th|4x400 m relay

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1997	1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships>World Indoor Championships |Paris, France|4th|200 m	1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres>22.88

World Championships	Athens, Greece	10th (sf)|200 m	1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>22.81   (-2.3 m/s)

2nd|4x100 m relay	1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>42.10 SB

1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd|200 m	1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>22.26   (0.6 m/s)

3rd|4x100 m relay	1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>42.15 SB

|2000

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games|Sydney, Australia	2nd|4x100 m relay	Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>42.13^

|2001

2001 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships |Edmonton, Canada	3rd|4x100 m relay	2001 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>42.40 SB

Notes:

• ^ At both the 1991 World Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games, Frazer ran in the preliminary rounds of the 4 × 100 m relay but not in the final.
• () Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf).

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 11.20 s (1995)
• 200 metres - 22.18 s (1999)
• 400 metres - 51.18 s (1996)

References

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External links

• {{World Athletics||Merlene Frazer}}
• {{SR/Olympics profile|fr/merlene-frazer-1}}

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