Tucker Daniel Fredricks (born April 16, 1984) is an American speed skater and the former US record holder in the 500 meter event. He competed at the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Fredricks was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he graduated in 2002 from Joseph A. Craig High School. He began skating in 1994 when a friend of his father took him skating in lieu of playing hockey. He considers his greatest accomplishment to be winning the gold medal in 500m at the 2003 World Junior Championships.
On November 17, 2007, at the World Cup Race in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Fredricks 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.
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
1st, overall 2003 U.S. Junior Speedskating Championships
25th, 2006 Olympic Winter Games, Men’s 500m
12th, 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Men’s 500m (World Cup overall 500m champion)
26th, 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Men’s 500m
Fredericks has been a World Cup 500m medalist winner 30 times (11 times gold, six times silver and 13 times bronze). In addition, in 2007 he won the bronze for the World Single Distance Championships, and was the World Cup overall 500m champion.
Tucker Fredricks at the International Skating Union (archived former page)
Tucker Fredricks at Team USA (archive)
Tucker Fredricks at Olympics.com
Profile on SkateResults.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2007)
US Speedskating bio at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2007)
NBC Olympics bio at the Wayback Machine (archived March 10, 2007)