Sean Fraser (swimmer)
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Sean Fraser (born 30 April 1990 in
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, Scotland) is a Scottish swimmer. Fraser attended Lasswade High School. He won a bronze medal for
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in the S8 100m backstroke at the Beijing Paralympics 2008, and a gold medal in the 2009 British Championships for the MC 100 m backstroke. He won bronze medals for the S8 50 m Freestyle, 400 m Freestyle and 100 m Backstroke events at the 2009 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Swimming Championships in
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, Iceland.(2012
Meet the Team - Sean Fraser
Swimming.org, Amateur Swimming Association. Retrieved 22 April 2013
At the
2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...
in
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, India he won a silver medal in Men's 100 m freestyle S8 with a British record time of 1:00.77. He won a bronze medal for the 34pt 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in
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, Germany. and a gold at the British Championships in 2012 for the MC 100 m freestyle. Fraser swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh and Manchester HPC.(2008
Fraser qualifies for Paralympics
In the Winning Zone. Retrieved 8 April 2013
He was inducted into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2018.


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1990 births Living people Swimmers from Edinburgh Scottish male swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland People educated at Lasswade High School Centre Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Paralympic medalists in swimming British male backstroke swimmers British male freestyle swimmers S8-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{UK-Paralympic-medalist-stub