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{{Short description|American wrestler (born 1958)}}
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'''Steven Howard "Steve" Fraser''' (born March 23, 1958) is an American [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman wrestler]] and coach. He was the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic Games]] gold medalist in [[Greco-Roman wrestling]], in the 90&nbsp;kg weight class. Fraser's gold medal was the first ever for the [[United States]] in Greco-Roman wrestling.<ref>[https://michigansportshof.org/inductee/steve-fraser/ Steve Fraser - Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]. Retrieved July 31, 2022.</ref>

A native of [[Hazel Park, Michigan]], Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state wrestling champion. In college he was a two-time [[All-America]]n wrestler, wrestling at the [[University of Michigan]]. Fraser's gold medal was the first ever Olympic gold in Greco-Roman wrestling for the [[United States]]. The next night following Fraser's gold medal performance, [[Jeff Blatnick]] 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]] who was a gold medalist at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games]], 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 [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|National Wrestling Hall of Fame]] as a Distinguished Member in 1994 and the [[Michigan Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080620/SPORTS07/806200428/1361 Ex-Lions Moore, Murray among Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inductees<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Olympics.com|steven-howard-fraser|Steven Howard Fraser|org_id=steven-fraser|org_name=Steven Fraser|org_archive=20190702204334}}
* {{IWD|name=Steven Fraser}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Steve Fraser}}

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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:University of Michigan alumni]]
[[Category:People from Hazel Park, Michigan]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Oakland County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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