코트니 프리릭스

소개

코트니 프리릭스(영어: Courtney Frerichs, 1993년 1월 18일~)는 미국의 육상 선수로 주 종목은 장애물 경주이다. 2020년 하계 올림픽 여자 3000m 장애물 종목에서 은메달을 획득했으며 세계 선수권 대회에서 은메달 1개를 획득했다.

Courtney Frerichs is an American middle-distance runner and steeplechase specialist from Nixa, Missouri, She is a three-time silver medalist in the 3000 meters steeplechase capturing silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the 2017 World Championships in London and at the 2018 World (Continental) Cup in Ostrava. In 2021, she became the first American woman to run under nine-minutes in a women’s 3000-meters steeplechase event with a time of 8:57.77; establishing an American and Area record. She is a two-time Olympian making the US team in 2016 and 2020. In both of her Olympic Trials she finished second to US National Champion, Emma Coburn.