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Fredrik Rosencrantz
Fredrik Rosencrantz (1879–1957), Swedish army officer and equestrian; won team show jumping gold at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics on horse Drabant; non-scoring team member; Knight of the Order of the Sword.
Fredy Guarín
Fredy Guarín (Fredy Alejandro Guarín Vásquez, born 1986, Puerto Boyacá), Colombian midfielder for Porto, Inter Milan (141 games, 23 goals), Shanghai Shenhua, Vasco, Millonarios; 2014 World Cup; retired 2021, sober since April 2024.
Fredy Schmidtke
Fredy Schmidtke (1961-2017), West German track cyclist from Cologne-Worringen; Olympic 1000m time trial gold at Los Angeles 1984 in 1:06.10 and 1982 world champion; later bankruptcy and early death.
Free climbing
Free climbing: roped climbing in which the rope and gear serve only to catch falls, with progress made on rock features alone; contrasted with aid climbing and often confused with free soloing.
Free Fire (video game)
Free Fire, formally Garena Free Fire and formerly Free Fire Battlegrounds, is a free-to-play mobile battle royale by Garena launched December 4, 2017, with 50-player matches of about 10 minutes.
Free Guy
Free Guy is a 2021 American sci-fi action comedy directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ryan Reynolds as a video game NPC who becomes a hero.
Free kick (association football)
A free kick in association football is a restart awarded after an offense, taken by the opposing side, with direct and indirect types under Law 13.
Free skating
Free skating (free skate, long program) is the second figure skating segment, 4:00 minutes for seniors, with free element choice within ISU maximums (8 jumps, 3 spins, 1 step sequence), scored under the IJS since 2004.
Free Solo
Free Solo (2018) is a National Geographic documentary by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin about Alex Honnold's first ropeless free solo ascent of El Capitan's Freerider route; it won the 2019 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Free solo climbing
Free solo climbing is roped-free rock climbing with no rope, harness, or protection, also called solo integral. Defined by its fatal-fall risk, 1970s Yosemite roots, and Alex Honnold's 2017 ropeless Freerider ascent of El Capitan.
Free throw
Free throw: one-point unhindered shot in basketball from the 15-foot free throw line, awarded after fouls; 10-second NBA limit, lane and disconcertion violations, FIBA vs NBA rules, 1895 line change.
Free-to-play
Free-to-play (F2P): games free to download, monetized via microtransactions, battle passes, and ads rather than upfront cost; dominant in mobile, spread to Steam and console; criticized for loot boxes and gambling-like mechanics.
FreeCell
FreeCell solitaire: open-information card game with 52 face-up cards, 8 tableau columns, 4 free cells, 4 foundations; invented by Paul Alfille 1978 on PLATO, popularized by Windows 95's 32,000 numbered deals, deal 11982 unsolvable.
Freeciv
Freeciv is a free, open source turn-based empire-building strategy game, begun in 1996 as a multiplayer Civilization II clone. Client/server architecture, GPL-2.0, multiple rulesets, Longturn one-turn-per-day play, browser Freeciv-web client, current stable 3.2.6.
Freediving
Freediving (breath-hold, apnea diving): diving on one breath without apparatus, for recreation, spearfishing, or AIDA/CMAS competition. Key facts: diving response bradycardia, up to 22-fold lung compression, shallow-water blackout risk, eight competitive disciplines.
Freedom 250 Grand Prix
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix was the inaugural NTT IndyCar Series street race held around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 2026, won by Kyle Kirkwood.
Freedom Fighters (video game)
Freedom Fighters (2003) is a squad-based third-person shooter by IO Interactive, published by EA, set in a Soviet-occupied alternate-history New York; plumber Chris Stone recruits and commands up to 12 fighters; re-released digitally in 2020.
Freedom Force (2002 video game)
Freedom Force (2002) is Irrational Games' tactical superhero RPG for PC and Mac, released March 2002, published by 2K. Original comic-book heroes defend Patriot City against Energy X villains; Metacritic 90, sequel vs. the Third Reich (2005).
Freedom Planet 2
Freedom Planet 2: 2D action-platformer by GalaxyTrail, sequel to Freedom Planet; Steam release Sep 13, 2022, consoles Apr 4, 2024 via XSEED; four heroines, 24 stages, Metacritic 81.
Freedom Surf School
Freedom Surf School names two unrelated businesses: a bilingual Irish adventure education centre in Tramore, Co. Waterford (Billabong-sponsored, Irish Surfing Association approved), and a Sri Lankan surf school founded by Ruwan Sanjeewa in Weligama Bay.
Freedom to roam
Freedom to roam: public right to cross and use private and public land for recreation. Nordic allemansrätten/allemannsretten, Norway's 1957 act, Scotland's 2003 Land Reform Act, England's mapped CRoW access land.
Freeke Moes
Freeke Moes (born 1998, Moergestel) is a Dutch field hockey attacker for Amsterdam and the Netherlands: two Olympic golds (Tokyo 2020 squad, Paris 2024), 2022 World Cup winner, three European titles, 102 caps.
Freelancer (video game)
Freelancer is a 2003 Windows space trading and combat game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios, set across 48 star systems.
Freeride skiing
Freeride skiing is the practice of descending natural, ungroomed terrain like cliffs and powder fields, judged on line choice, control, fluidity, technique, and style rather than time.
Freerunning
Freerunning (l'art du déplacement tradition) is the creative, acrobatic branch of parkour named by Sébastien Foucan, adding flips and expressive movement to obstacle travel; first competition Red Bull Art of Motion, 2007.
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing, a judged skiing discipline governed by FIS with moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air; Olympic demonstration debut Calgary 1988, medal sport from Albertville 1992, dual moguls added at Milano Cortina 2026.
Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing became an official Olympic medal sport at the 1992 Albertville Games, with moguls as the sole medal discipline, won by Edgar Grospiron and Donna Weinbrecht.
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing at Sochi 2014: 10 events at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, 6–21 February 2014, debuting ski halfpipe and slopestyle; 262 athletes, Canada and USA won 7 of 10 golds, USA swept men's slopestyle.
Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing at Beijing 2022: 13 events, 3–19 February, at Genting Snow Park and Big Air Shougang; new big air and mixed team aerials; Eileen Gu won three medals; China led with 4 golds.
Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing at Milano Cortina 2026: 15 medal events at Livigno Snow Park, 7–22 February 2026, with dual moguls debuting; 272 skiers from 24 nations; China and USA led with three golds each; Eileen Gu topped the individual medal count.