Tucker Fredricks

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Medal record
Men's speed skating
World Championships
Bronze 2007 Salt Lake City 500 m

Tucker Fredricks (born April 16, 1984 in Janesville, Wisconsin) is an American speed skater who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 25th in the men's 500 m.


Fredricks lives and trains in Salt Lake City. He is a 2002 graduate of Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville. He began skating in 1994 when a friend of his father's took him skating in lieu of playing hockey. He considers his greatest accomplishment to be winning gold medal in 500m at 2003 World Junior Championships. Tucker cites his parents as his strongest influence, along with everyone he has skated with.

On November 17, 2007 at the World Cup Race in Calgary, Canada, Tucker beat the previous American 500m record (34.42) which was originally held by 2002 Olympic Gold Medalist Casey Fitzrandolph, with a time of 34.31.

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[edit] Current Record

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Distance Time Date Location Notes
500 m 34.31 November 17, 2007 Calgary, Canada American Record
500 m x 2 68.98 November 17, 2007 Calgary, Canada American Record
1000 m 1:09.65 December 31, 2005 Salt Lake City, Utah
1500 m 1:51.84 November 25, 2001 Calgary, Canada
3000 m 4:02.39 November 24, 2001 Calgary, Canada

[edit] Personal

[edit] Career wins

  • 1st, 500m 2003 World Junior Speedskating Championships
  • 3rd, 500m 2002 World Junior Speedskating Championships
  • 1st, overall 2002 U.S. Junior Speedskating Championships
  • 1st, overall 2003 U.S. Junior Speedskating Championships

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