Tucker Fredricks

Tucker Fredricks (born April 16, 1984 in Janesville, Wisconsin) is an American speed skater who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Tucker 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.

Current Record

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

External links

* cite web|accessdate=
url=http://www.usspeedskating.org/rosters/Fredricks.html
title=US Speedskating bio
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070311003646/http://www.usspeedskating.org/rosters/Fredricks.html
archivedate=2007-03-11

* cite web|accessdate=
url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5058131/detail.html
title= NBC Olympics bio
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070310215234/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5058131/detail.html
archivedate=2007-03-10

* cite web|accessdate=
url=http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/3928
title=Profile on SkateResults.com
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070311132445/http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/3928
archivedate=2007-03-11
* [http://www.fotos.desg.de/athletes.php?showAthletes=all&id=311 Photos of Tucker Fredricks]
* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_43317.htm Tucker's U.S. Olympic Team bio]