Fraser Walker

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Fraser Walker (born 1973) is a retired male Scottish swimmer specialising in the individual medley events.{{cite news |last=Burnside |first=Elspeth |date=1 July 1993 |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/walker-takes-clubmate-s-title-1.752833 |title=Walker takes clubmate's title |work=The Herald |location=Scotland |accessdate=23 April 2013}}

Swimming career

Walker is best known for winning the silver medal in the Men's 200 m Individual Medley at the inaugural 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, behind Germany's Christian Keller. He won a gold medal at the 1993 World Student Games in Buffalo, New York, USA{{cite news |date=16 July 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/16/sports/world-university-games-bitter-us-swimmer-lashes-out-at-his-own-team.html |title=World University Games; Bitter U.S. Swimmer Lashes Out at His Own Team |work=New York Times |accessdate=23 April 2013}} and represented Scotland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games where he won the bronze medal in the 200 Metres Individual Medley.{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/swimming.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists – Swimming and Diving (Men) |publisher=GBRAthletics.com |accessdate=21 March 2013}}{{cite web |year=2013 |url=http://www.scottishswimming.com/assets/files/downloadfiles/Swimming/Miscellaneous/Warrender2-10jan.pdf |title=The Stars of Warrender |work=Scottish Swimming |accessdate=28 February 2013}}

In 1993, he became the first ever British swimmer to break the two-minute barrier for the 200 m individual medley with a time of 1 minute 58.35 at the World Championships in Palma De Mallorca. This stood as the British record for four and a half years and the Scottish record for 14 years.{{cite news |last=Coates |first=Jonathan |date=13 January 2008 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15125048.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924184910/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15125048.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Record beaten at long last. Tollcross Swimming: Tait and Dale both smash Fraser Walker's standard |work=The Sunday Herald |accessdate=28 February 2013}} He swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh.{{cite news |last=Burnside |first=Elspeth |date=7 March 1994 |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/winning-ways-of-warrender-duo-1.716793 |title=Winning ways of Warrender duo |work=The Herald |location=Scotland |accessdate=28 February 2013}}

At the ASA National British Championships, he won the 200 metres medley title in 1993 and 1995.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501986472/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b2cf8254|title="For the Record." Times, 14 June 1993, p. 24|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502137632/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=e57d41ae|title="For the Record." Times, 24 July 1995, p. 28|website=Times Digital Archive}}

References

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Category:1973 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish male medley swimmers

Category:British male medley swimmers

Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Category:Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland

Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain

Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Fraser Walker

Swimming career

See also

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