Hugh Fraser (athlete)

{{Short description|Canadian sprinter (born 1952)}}

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| nationality = Canadian

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 200 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1975 Mexico City | 4 x 100 m relay }}

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Hugh L. Fraser {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (born 10 July 1952) is a Canadian sprinter and jurist. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/hugh-fraser-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072504/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/hugh-fraser-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Hugh Fraser Olympic Results |access-date=13 July 2017}} He finished third in the 1975 Pan American Games 4 × 100 metres relay (with Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, and Bob Martin). Fraser also finished fifth in the 200 metres and sixth in the 100 metres at the 1975 Pan American Games. He was in the first induction of the Queen's University Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1994. He was also in the first induction of the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame, as part of the 160th Anniversary celebrations.Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, Fall 2004

Fraser obtained his juris doctor degree in 1977. After working as a barrister in private practice, Fraser was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice in 1993, where he served for 25 years, eventually becoming regional senior justice.{{cite web |title=The Honourable Justice Hugh L. Fraser (ret.), J.D. 1977, joins JAMS |url=https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/news/honourable-justice-hugh-fraser-ret-jd-1977-joins-jams |website=uOttawa Faculty of Law |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en |date=8 March 2019}} He also served on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the Dubin Commission of Inquiry (established in the aftermath of the Ben Johnson doping scandal).{{Cite news|url = http://gogaelsgo.com/news/2014/3/4/Alumni_0304144545.aspx|title = Former Gael and Olympic Track athlete Hugh Fraser Speaks to Gaels Athletes|last = MacDonald|first = Shawn|date = 4 March 2013|work = gogaelsgo.com|access-date= 31 August 2017}}

He is the father of ice hockey player Mark Fraser.{{Cite news|url = http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/08/29/ottawa-born-nhler-mark-fraser-proud-to-play-for-toronto-maple-leafs|title = Ottawa-born NHLer Mark Fraser proud to play for Toronto Maple Leafs|last = Baines|first = Tim|date = 29 August 2013|work = Ottawa Sun|access-date= 31 August 2017}}