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{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]] | [[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]] | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]] | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
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'''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 × 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 × 100 relay squad in [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1991]], she is the youngest World Champion ever.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=World Championship Statistics Handbook |url=https://www.iaaf.org/ebooks/2017/WCH/index.html#page=27 |publisher=[[IAAF]] |access-date=2017-08-03}}</ref>

Running for the [[Texas Longhorns women's track and field|Texas Longhorns track and field]] team, Frazer won the 1994 [[200 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] and won two indoor titles as well. She was inducted into the Texas sports hall of fame in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Defining Moments: Hall of Honor inductee Merlene Frazer |date=26 September 2017 |url=https://texassports.com/news/2017/9/26/track-field-cross-country-defining-moments-hall-of-fame-inductee-merlene-frazer |access-date=6 June 2024}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1988
|rowspan = "2"|[[1988 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Female Junior B .28under 17.29|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], [[Bahamas]]
|6th
|Long jump
|
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|46.75
|-
|rowspan = "3"|1989
|rowspan = "3"|[[1989 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 17 .28Youth.29|CARIFTA Games (U-17)]]
|rowspan = "3"|[[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|11.93
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|25.0
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Long jump
|5.81 m
|-
|rowspan = "5"|1990
|rowspan = "3"|[[1990 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 20 .28Junior.29|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan = "3"|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|11.75 &nbsp;&nbsp;(1.3&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|23.89 &nbsp;&nbsp;(-0.2&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|45.39
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Plovdiv, Bulgaria]]
|5th
|100 m
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|11.64]] <small>(wind: +0.9&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.82]]
|-
|rowspan=7|1991
|rowspan=2|[[1991 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 20 .28Junior.29|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan=2|[[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|100 m
|11.74 &nbsp;&nbsp;(1.7&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|23.86
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1991 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Xalapa, Mexico]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|23.63
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|44.54
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Havana, Cuba]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres|23.48]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100&nbsp;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]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.94]]^
|-
|rowspan=3|1992
|rowspan=3|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|100 m
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|11.49]] <small>(wind: +0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|200 m
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.29]] <small>(wind: +0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.96]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Victoria, Canada]]
|7th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres|23.18]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|43.51]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1995
|rowspan = "2"|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|32nd (h)
|400 m
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|52.24]]
|-
| —
|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1996
|rowspan = "2"|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Atlanta]], [[United States]]
|12th (sf)
|400 m
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|51.18]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:21.69]]
|-
|rowspan=3|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]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|align="center" | 10th (sf)
|200 m
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|22.81]] &nbsp;&nbsp;(-2.3&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.10]] '''SB'''
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|rowspan=2|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seville, Spain]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|200 m
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|22.26]] &nbsp;&nbsp;(0.6&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.15]] '''SB'''
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100&nbsp;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]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.40]] '''SB'''
|}
{{smalldiv|'''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==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics||Merlene Frazer}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|fr/merlene-frazer-1}}

{{Footer World Champions 4 x 100 m Women}}
{{Footer World Athletics U20 Champions women's 4x100 metres}}
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