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|name=Manuel Frederick<br />
|birth_date= 20 October 1947<br />
|birth_place=[[Burnassery]], [[Kannur District]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| position = [[Field hockey#Positions|Goalkeeper]] <br />
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] |[[Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}<br />
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'''Manuel Frederick''' (born 20 October 1947) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player who played as [[Field hockey#Positions|goalkeeper]] from [[Kannur district]] in Kerala. He won a bronze medal at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]]. He is the 1st Keralite to win an Olympic medal. The second Keralite to win an Olympic medal is [[P. R. Sreejesh]] who won a Bronze on 5th Aug 2021 in Tokyo Olympics. Both medals for Kerala have come via the goalkeepers of the National Hockey Team. <ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite web |title=Manuel Fredericks, Kerala's only Olympic medalist recommended for Dhyan Chand Award 2019 |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/sports-news/manuel-fredericks-kerala-s-only-olympic-medalist-recommended-for-dhyan-chand-award-2019-1.4046585 |website=Mathrubhumi |accessdate=30 June 2020 |language=en |date=17 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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In 2019, he was awarded [[Dhyan Chand Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games by [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]].<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Manuel Frederick was born on 1947 October 20, at Burnasserry in Kannur district of Kerala state to Joseph and Sara.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> Before started playing hockey, he used to play football for B.M.P U.P School in Kannur.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/><br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120927174215/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FREDEMAN01 Manuel Frederick at DatabaseOlympics.com]<br />
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