Shaune David Fraser (born March 29, 1988) is an Attorney at Law and the Founder o
Fraser Immigration Law, PLLC He was also a former competitive
swimmer
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and
Pan American Games
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silver medalist from the
Cayman Islands
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. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
,
2008
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, and
2012 Summer Olympics
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where he qualified for the Semi-Finals.
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Based in Miami, FL
Fraser Immigration Law, PLLC
is a distinguished U.S. immigration law firm specialized in extraordinary ability visas and green card applications for top entrepreneurs, professional athletes, Olympians, researchers and scientists, multinational executives, and talented professionals across a wide range of fields
Fraser Immigration Law, PLLC
specializes in strategic immigration representation for individuals and corporations in the fields of financial technology, software engineering, corporate executives, athletics, competitive swimming, the arts, and the music and entertainment industries, among many others.
Fraser graduated from the Bolles School
The Bolles School is an American private college preparatory day and boarding school in Jacksonville, Florida. It has a lower school (including pre-kindergarten), a middle school, and a high school, spread across four campuses around the Jacksonv ...
, a private high school located in Jacksonville, Florida
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, known for its excellent prep swim teams. He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida
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in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a finance major and swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving
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team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010. At the 2009 Men's NCAA Division I Championships, he set a school record in winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:31.70) and an NCAA record in winning the 200-yard butterfly (1:40.75). Fraser earned twenty-seven All-American accolades in his four years as a Gator swimmer, one fewer than the maximum number possible, and the most of any male swimmer in Gators history.
Fraser's younger brother, Brett Fraser, swam for the Cayman Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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, and also swam for the University of Florida, where he graduated a year behind his brother.[GatorZone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving]
Brett Fraser
Retrieved July 14, 2010.
At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
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Host city
*Main host city
**Cartagena de Indias
*Subsites:
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in Cartagena, Colombia, he set the Games record in the 200-meter freestyle (1:49.84), bettering the 24-year-old mark of 1:51.71 set by Venezuela's Alberto Mestre at the 1982 Games. At the 2007 Pan American Games
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in Rio de Janeiro, Fraser garnered a silver medal
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in the 200-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 2011 Pan American Games
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in Guadalajara, Mexico, Fraser again won the silver medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle, finishing second behind his brother Brett.
See also
* List of University of Florida alumni
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* List of University of Florida Olympians
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References
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1988 births
Living people
Florida Gators men's swimmers
Male butterfly swimmers
Caymanian male freestyle swimmers
Male medley swimmers
Caymanian male swimmers
Olympic swimmers of the Cayman Islands
Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games silver medalists for the Cayman Islands
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Cayman Islands
Pan American Games medalists in swimming
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Cayman Islands
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Cayman Islands
Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for the Cayman Islands
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games