Brett Fraser
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Brett Michael Fraser is a college and international swimmer
from the Cayman Islands
. At the 2008 Summer Olympics
, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser
, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country.
Like his older brother, Fraser also received an athletic scholarship
to attend the University of Florida
in Gainesville, Florida
, United States
, where the 2010–2011 school year marked his senior (fourth) year with coach Gregg Troy
's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) competition.
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
from the Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
. At the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cayman Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Cayman Islands sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The delegation included Kareem Streete-Thompson, a veteran long-jumper, still active in the 100-meter sprint...
, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser
Shaune Fraser
Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country.
Like his older brother, Fraser also received an athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
to attend the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where the 2010–2011 school year marked his senior (fourth) year with coach Gregg Troy
Gregg Troy
Gregg Troy is an American college and Olympic swimming coach. He is the current head coach of the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams of the University of Florida; the Florida Gators compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference . ...
's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) competition.
See also
- Florida GatorsFlorida GatorsThe Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
- List of University of Florida Olympians