Steve Fraser
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Full name | Steven Howard Fraser | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1958-03-23) March 23, 1958 (age 66) Hazel Park, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 90 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Michigan Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ronald Finley | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Howard "Steve" Fraser (born March 23, 1958) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He was the 1984 Olympic Games gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, in the 90 kg weight class. Fraser's gold medal was the first ever for the United States in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]
A native of Hazel Park, Michigan, Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state wrestling champion. In college he was a two-time All-American wrestler, wrestling at the University of Michigan. Fraser's gold medal was the first ever Olympic gold in Greco-Roman wrestling for the United States. The next night following Fraser's gold medal performance, Jeff Blatnick won a second gold medal for the U.S. Greco-Roman Olympic team. Fraser served as coach of the U.S. Greco Roman team from 1997 to 2014. Rulon Gardner who was a gold medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games, credits Fraser's instruction as a large part of his wrestling success. The year Fraser competed at the Olympics in 1984, the United States won 9 gold medals in wrestling, the most at a single Olympics in American wrestling history.
Fraser was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1994 and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[2]
References
External links
- Steven Fraser at Olympics.com
- Steve Fraser at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1908: Verner Weckman (FIN)
- 1912: no winner
- 1920: Claes Johanson (SWE)
- 1924: Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1928: Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)
- 1932: Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1936: Axel Cadier (SWE)
- 1948: Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
- 1952: Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN)
- 1956: Valentin Nikolayev (URS)
- 1960: Tevfik Kış (TUR)
- 1964: Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1968: Boyan Radev (BUL)
- 1972: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1976: Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1980: Norbert Növényi (HUN)
- 1984: Steve Fraser (USA)
- 1988: Atanas Komchev (BUL)
- 1992: Maik Bullmann (GER)
- 1996: Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
- 1908: 93 kg
- 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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