Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973) 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, she is the youngest World Champion ever.
Running for the 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. Before competing for Texas, Frazier was an NJCAA national champion for San Jacinto College.
Achievements Representing 1988Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)Nassau, Bahamas6thLong jump1st4 × 100 m relay46.751989CARIFTA Games (U-17)Bridgetown, Barbados2nd100 m11.932nd200 m25.02ndLong jump5.81 m1990CARIFTA Games (U-20)Kingston, Jamaica2nd100 m11.75 (1.3 m/s)2nd200 m23.89 (-0.2 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay45.39World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria5th100 m11.64 (wind: +0.9 m/s) 1st4 × 100 m relay43.821991CARIFTA Games (U-20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago3rd100 m11.74 (1.7 m/s)2nd200 m23.86Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsXalapa, Mexico1st200 m23.631st4 × 100 m relay44.54Pan American GamesHavana, Cuba 3rd200 m23.48 1st4 × 100 m relay43.79World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan 1st4 × 100 m41.94^1992World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea 3rd100 m11.49 (wind: +0.3 m/s) 3rd200 m23.29 (wind: +0.3 m/s) 1st4 × 100 m relay43.961994Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada7th200 m23.184th4 × 400 m relay43.511995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden32nd (h)400 m52.24 —4 × 400 m relayDQ1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States12th (sf)400 m51.184th4 × 400 m relay3:21.691997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France4th200 m22.88World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 10th (sf)200 m22.81 (-2.3 m/s) 2nd4 × 100 m relay42.10 SB1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain 3rd200 m22.26 (0.6 m/s) 3rd4 × 100 m relay42.15 SB2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia 2nd4 × 100 m relay42.13^2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada 3rd4 × 100 m relay42.40 SB
Personal bests 100 metres - 11.20 s (1995) 200 metres - 22.18 s (1999) 400 metres - 51.18 s (1996)
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