{{short description|Caymanian swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Brett Fraser | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | alt = | caption = | fullname = Brett Michael Fraser | nicknames = | national_team = {{CAY}} | strokes = Freestyle | club = Stingray Swim Club | collegeteam = University of Florida | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|8|28}} | birth_place = George Town, Cayman Islands | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 2 in | weight = 185 lb | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{medalCountry | {{CAY}}}} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold | 2011 Guadalajara | 200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Mayagüez | 200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Mayagüez | 200 m backstroke}} }}
'''Brett Michael Fraser''' (born 28 August 1989) is a Caymanian former competitive swimmer and real estate agent. Representing the Cayman Islands, he was a Pan American Games gold medalist. <!--At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers for the Cayman Islands.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}--> He competed in the 200 m backstroke.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/brett-fraser-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/brett-fraser-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Brett Fraser Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name="in">{{cite news |title=The agent Olympian athletes who competed in Tokyo |url=https://www.inman.com/2021/08/05/the-real-estate-agent-olympian-athletes-who-competed-in-tokyo/ |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=Inman |date=5 August 2021}}</ref> According to a 2016 interview with the New York Post, Fraser lives in the SoHo neighborhood of New York in Manhattan.<ref name="ny" />
== 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.<ref name=":0" />
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he competed in the 50 m butterfly and the 50 m freestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1027675/brett_fraser.html |title=Glasgow 2014 - Brett Fraser Profile |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |access-date=8 August 2018 |archive-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025136/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1027675/brett_fraser.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>Gatorzone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, [http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/men/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=41 Brett Fraser] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815083830/http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/men/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=41 |date=15 August 2009 }}. Retrieved 14 July 2010.</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=RESULTADOS |url=http://www.bestswimming.com.br/guadalajara2011/finais4.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204101745/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/guadalajara2011/finais4.pdf |access-date=3 July 2025 |archive-date=4 December 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ny">{{cite news |last1=Gollayan |first1=Christian |title=The stereotype that minorities can't swim has dangerous consequences |url=https://nypost.com/2016/08/08/the-stereotype-that-minorities-cant-swim-has-dangerous-consequences/ |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=New York Post |date=9 August 2016}}</ref> He was the flagbearer for the Cayman Islands at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whittaker |first1=James |title='Dope Olympics': Cayman swimming legend explains why he's backing controversial concept |url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2023/07/07/cayman-swimming-legend-leading-charge-for-dope-olympics/ |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=Cayman Compass |date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
As of 2023, he is the chief athletes officer of Enhanced Games.<ref name="The Enhanced Games – a drugs Olympics">{{cite news |last1=Bloom |first1=Ben |title=The Enhanced Games – a drugs Olympics where cheaters can prosper |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/30/the-enhanced-games-a-drugs-olympics-where-cheaters-can-prosper |access-date=8 July 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="What if doping were completely legal?">{{cite news |last1=Witts |first1=James |title=What if doping were completely legal? Welcome to the Enhanced Games |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/enhanced-games-cycling |access-date=31 July 2023 |work=Cyclist |date=28 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brett Fraser | ONE Sotheby's International Realty | FL Real Estate |url=https://www.onesothebysrealty.com/realestate/agent/brett-fraser/ |website=ONE Sotheby's International Realty |access-date=3 July 2025 |language=en-us}}</ref> In a 2021 interview he worked at the brokerage Compass, Inc.<ref name="in" />
== See also ==
{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}} * Florida Gators * List of University of Florida Olympians
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Aquatics}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Instagram}}
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