Steve Fraser

Olympic medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
	1984 Los Angeles	198 LBS

Steve Fraser was 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]

Fraser writes a column for WIN Magazine.

References

↑ Ex-Lions Moore, Murray among Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductees

2012 USA Olympic Wrestling Team

Men's Greco-Roman	Spenser Mango Ellis Coleman Justin Lester Ben Provisor Chas Betts Dremiel Byers

Women's freestyle	Clarissa Chun Kelsey Campbell Elena Pirozhkova Ali Bernard

Men's freestyle	Sam Hazewinkel Coleman Scott Jared Frayer Jordan Burroughs Jake Herbert Jake Varner Tervel Dlagnev

Men's Greco-Roman coaches	Steve Fraser Momir Petković Ike Anderson

Women's freestyle coaches	Terry Steiner Vladislav Izboinikov Erin Tomeo

Men's freestyle coaches	Zeke Jones Brandon Slay Bill Zadick

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