Everipedia Logo
Everipedia is now IQ.wiki - Join the IQ Brainlist and our Discord for early access to editing on the new platform and to participate in the beta testing.
Steve Fraser

Steve Fraser

Steven Howard "Steve" Fraser (born March 23, 1958) is an American Olympic Gold Medalist athlete wrestler and coach. He is the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 198 lb weight class. A native of Hazel Park, Michigan, Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state wrestling champion and later an All-American in wrestling at the University of Michigan. Fraser's gold medal was the first Olympic medal in Greco-Roman wrestling followed the next night by Jeff Blatnick who won a second gold medal for the United States Olympic team. Fraser has served as coach of the US Greco Roman team since 1997. 2000 Olympic Gold medalist Rulon Gardner credits Fraser's instruction as a large part of his wrestling success. The year Fraser competed, the USA won 9 Gold Medals in wrestling, the largest in a single Olympics since 1896.

In 2008, Fraser was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.[1]

Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
RepresentingtheUnited States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 Los Angeles90 kg

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.detnews.comEx-Lions Moore, Murray among Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Sep 29, 2019, 9:51 AM
[2]
Citation Linkwww.olympic.orgSteven Fraser
Sep 29, 2019, 9:51 AM
[3]
Citation Linkwww.sports-reference.comSteve Fraser
Sep 29, 2019, 9:51 AM
[4]
Citation Linkwww.detnews.comEx-Lions Moore, Murray among Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Sep 29, 2019, 9:51 AM
[5]
Citation Linkwww.olympic.orgSteven Fraser
Sep 29, 2019, 9:51 AM
[6]
Citation Linkwww.sports-reference.comSteve Fraser
Sep 29, 2019, 9:51 AM
[7]
Citation Linken.wikipedia.orgThe original version of this page is from Wikipedia, you can edit the page right here on Everipedia.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Additional terms may apply.See everipedia.org/everipedia-termsfor further details.Images/media credited individually (click the icon for details).
Sep 29, 2019, 9:51 AM