Steven Howard "Steve" Fraser (born March 23, 1958) is an American

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...

and coach. He was the 1984 Olympic Games gold medalist in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

, in the 90 kg weight class. Fraser's gold medal was the first ever for the

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in Greco-Roman wrestling. A native of

Hazel Park, Michigan Hazel Park is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As a part of Metro Detroit, the city shares its southern border with the city of Detroit. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the popula ...

, 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

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. Fraser's gold medal was the first ever Olympic gold in Greco-Roman wrestling for the

. The next night following Fraser's gold medal performance,

Jeff Blatnick Jeffrey Carl "Jeff" Blatnick (July 26, 1957 – October 24, 2012) was an American super heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler and sports commentator. He won NCAA Division II heavyweight wrestling championships in 1978 and 1979 and won the Olympic gold ...

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 Rulon Ellis Gardner (born August 16, 1971) is an American retired Greco-Roman Olympic Gold Medalist wrestler. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won the gold medal in 2000, defeating Russia's three-time reigning gold medalist Aleksand ...

who was a gold medalist at the

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, 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

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as a Distinguished Member in 1994 and the

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in 2008.Ex-Lions Moore, Murray among Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductees
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* * 1958 births Living people American male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics University of Michigan alumni People from Hazel Park, Michigan Sportspeople from Oakland County, Michigan Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century American people {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub