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My Take
What fascinates me about Priscilla Frederick is not just the high jump itself but the choice behind it. Competing for the United States and then switching to Antigua and Barbuda, her father's homeland, reads to me as a quiet act of self-definition rather than a flag of convenience. A 183 cm athlete raised in suburban New Jersey, reaching back to a small Caribbean island to find her competitive identity, says something honest about belonging. The seventh place at the US trials may sting in record books, but I suspect it sharpened her purpose. I admire athletes who jump toward their roots, not away from them.
Overview
Priscilla Eve Frederick (born 14 February 1989 in Queens, New York) is an American-Antiguan athlete who specialises in the high jump. She competed for the United States until 2012, when she switched to Antigua and Barbuda, the country of her father's birth. She was raised and resides in the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township, New Jersey. Frederick placed seventh in the US Olympic Trials.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Priscilla Frederick
- Name (Japanese)
- プリシラ・フレデリック
- Reading
- ぷりしら・ふれでりっく
- Born
- February 14, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.