Brett Fraser

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Brett Fraser
Personal information
Full nameBrett Michael Fraser
National teamFlag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
Born (1989-08-28) August 28, 1989 (age 35)
George Town, Cayman Islands
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubStingray Swim Club
College team University of Florida
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 200 m freestyle
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 200 m backstroke

Brett Michael Fraser (born August 28, 1989) is a Caymanian former competitive swimmer and real estate agent. Representing the Cayman Islands, he was a Pan American Games gold medalist. He competed in the 200 m backstroke. [1]

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Early and personal life

Fraser was born and raised in the Cayman Islands, and afterward, for his bachelor's degree studied finance and economics at the University of Florida. [2] According to a 2016 interview with the New York Post, Fraser lives in the SoHo neighborhood of New York in Manhattan. [3]

Sports career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m freestyle events. He was a semi-finalist in the 100m and 200m freestyle, placing 14th and 12th overall, respectively. [1]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he competed in the 50 m butterfly and the 50 m freestyle. [4]

Like his older brother, Fraser accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 2008 to 2011. [5]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Fraser won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:47.18. [6] He has also since then encouraged black people participating in swimming, decrieing the lack of encouragement for people of color in swimming in the United States, and congratulating Simone Manuel and Lia Neal who swam for the United States at the Olympics and said that swimming had nothing to do with color. [3] He was the flagbearer for the Cayman Islands at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [7]

As of 2023, he is the chief athletes officer of Enhanced Games. [8] [9]

Real estate

Fras has also worked in global real estate advisory after his swimming career, working for ONE Sotheby's in Florida's east coast. [10] In a 2021 interview he worked at the brokerage Compass, Inc. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Brett Fraser Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "The agent Olympian athletes who competed in Tokyo". Inman. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 Gollayan, Christian (9 August 2016). "The stereotype that minorities can't swim has dangerous consequences". New York Post. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. "Glasgow 2014 - Brett Fraser Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. Gatorzone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, Brett Fraser Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  6. "RESULTADOS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  7. Whittaker, James (7 July 2023). "'Dope Olympics': Cayman swimming legend explains why he's backing controversial concept". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. Bloom, Ben (30 June 2023). "The Enhanced Games – a drugs Olympics where cheaters can prosper". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. Witts, James (28 July 2023). "What if doping were completely legal? Welcome to the Enhanced Games". Cyclist . Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  10. "Brett Fraser | ONE Sotheby's International Realty | FL Real Estate". ONE Sotheby's International Realty. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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