Manuel Frederick

{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

|name = Manuel Frederick

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|10|20}}

|birth_place = Burnassery, Kannur, Kerala, India

|position = Goalkeeper

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{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}

{{MedalSport | Men's Field hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} File:Olympic rings.svg

{{MedalBronze| 1972 Munich |Team}}

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Manuel Frederick (born 20 October 1947) is an Indian field hockey player who played as 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.{{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 |access-date=30 October 2023 |language=en |date=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702021039/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/sports-news/manuel-fredericks-kerala-s-only-olympic-medalist-recommended-for-dhyan-chand-award-2019-1.4046585 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}

In 2019, he was awarded Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.