Steve Fraser
American wrestler (born 1958)
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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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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 90 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Verner Weckman (FIN) - 1912 no winner
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Claes Johanson (SWE) - 1924 Carl Westergren (SWE)
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Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) - 1932 Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1936 Axel Cadier (SWE)
- 1948 Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
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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)
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Norbert Növényi (HUN) - 1984
Steve Fraser (USA) - 1988
Atanas Komchev (BUL) - 1992
Maik Bullmann (GER) - 1996
Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
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- 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
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- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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