Helen Frost (athlete)
{{Short description|British sprinter (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Helen Frost
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprinting
| club = Birchfield Harriers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Leicester, England
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| height =167 cm
| weight =54 kg
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | 4x400 metres }}
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Helen Paula Frost (born 12 March 1974) is a British sprinter who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/helen-frost-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025408/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/helen-frost-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Helen Frost Olympic Results |accessdate=10 September 2017}}
Biography
Frost finished second behind Katharine Merry in the 400 metres event at the 1999 AAA Championships{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=4 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=4 April 2025 }} and the following year finished third behind Donna Fraser at the 2000 AAA Championships, which qualified her for a place on the 400 metres relay team for the 2000 Olympic Games.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20000814/516/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=14 August 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}}
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Frost represented Great Britain in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86919 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=4 April 2025}}
Frost represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and won a silver medal with the England team in the 4 × 400 metres relay event with Helen Karagounis, Melanie Purkiss, Lisa Miller and Jenny Meadows.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/manchester-2002/athletes |title=Manchester 2002 Team |website=Team England |access-date=5 April 2025 }}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:British female sprinters
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Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Olympic female sprinters
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes from Leicester
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
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