Fraser Walker (born 1973) is a retired male Scottish

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specialising in the

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events.

Swimming career

Walker is best known for winning the silver medal in the Men's 200 m Individual Medley at the inaugural

1993 FINA Short Course World Championships The 1st Short Course Swimming World Championships were organized by FINA and held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, December 2–5, 1993. The meet featured competition in a short course (25 meter) pool. During the championships, a total of 12 world re ...

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, Spain, behind Germany's

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. He won a gold medal at the 1993

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, USA and represented Scotland at the

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where he won the bronze medal in the 200 Metres Individual Medley. In 1993, he became the first ever British swimmer to break the two-minute barrier for the 200 m individual medley with a time of 1 minute 58.35 at the World Championships in Palma De Mallorca. This stood as the British record for four and a half years and the Scottish record for 14 years. He swam for

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in Edinburgh. At the ASA National British Championships, he won the 200 metres medley title in 1993 and 1995.

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* 1973 births Living people Scottish male swimmers Male medley swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub

Swimming career

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