Shaune Fraser

{{Short description|Swimmer (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Shaune David Fraser | image = | image_size =  | alt = | caption = Attorney at Law & Retired Swimmer | fullname = Shaune David Fraser | nicknames = | national_team = {{CAY}} | strokes = Freestyle, butterfly, individual medley | club = Stingray Swim Club | collegeteam = University of Florida | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|3|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = George Town, Cayman Islands | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|86|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | website = http://www.fraserpllc.com | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Cayman Islands}} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | 200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Guadalajara | 200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 2011 Guadalajara | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold | 2006 Cartagena | 200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 2006 Cartagena | 100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver | 2006 Cartagena | 200 m medley}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Mayagüez | 200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze | 2010 Mayagüez | 100 m freestyle}} }}

'''Shaune David Fraser''' (born March 29, 1988) is an attorney the founder of [http://www.fraserpllc.com Fraser Immigration Law, PLLC]. He was also a former competitive swimmer and Pan American Games silver medalist from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics where he qualified for the Semi-Finals.<sup>[1]</sup>

Based in Miami, FL, [http://www.fraserpllc.com 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. [http://www.fraserpllc.com 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fraserpllc.com/|title=Fraser Immigration Law, PLLC {{!}} Miami Immigration Attorney|website=Fraser Immigration Law, PLLC {{!}} Miami Immigration Attorney|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref>

Fraser graduated from the Bolles School, a private high school located in Jacksonville, Florida, known for its excellent prep swim teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid%3D864%26gid%3D1%26pgid%3D1757%26cid%3D2777%26ecid%3D2777%26crid%3D0%26calpgid%3D860%26calcid%3D1633 |title=Bolles School - Bolles Swimming in the 2012 Olympics |accessdate=2012-07-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729105512/http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1757&cid=2777&ecid=2777&crid=0&calpgid=860&calcid=1633 |archivedate=2012-07-29 }}</ref> He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a finance major and swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010.<ref>Gatorzone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, [http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/men/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=11 Shaune Fraser]. Retrieved July 14, 2010.</ref> At the 2009 Men's NCAA Division I Championships, he set a school record in winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:31.70)<ref>"[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/20802.asp NCAA Men's Division I Championships: Florida's Shaune Fraser Races to 200 Free Victory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307222355/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/20802.asp |date=2012-03-07 }}," ''Swimming World Magazine'' (March 27, 2009). Retrieved June 24, 2009.</ref> and an NCAA record in winning the 200-yard butterfly (1:40.75).<ref>"[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/20815.asp NCAA Men's Division I Championships: Florida's Shaune Fraser Lowers Own NCAA Record in 200 Fly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130232309/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/20815.asp |date=2013-01-30 }}," ''Swimming World Magazine'' (March 28, 2009). Retrieved June 24, 2009.</ref> 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, and also swam for the University of Florida, where he graduated a year behind his brother.<ref>GatorZone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, [http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/men/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=41 Brett Fraser]. Retrieved July 14, 2010.</ref>

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games 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 in Rio de Janeiro, Fraser garnered a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Fraser again won the silver medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle, finishing second behind his brother Brett.

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