Fraser Walker

Fraser Walker (born 1973) is a retired male Scottish swimmer specialising in the individual medley events.^[1]

Fraser Walker

Personal information
Born	1991 (age 33–34)
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 200 m individual medley Representing  Great Britain World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 200 m individual medley Summer Universiade 1993 Buffalo 200 m individual medley

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,^[2] behind Germany's Christian Keller. He won a gold medal at the 1993 World Student Games in Buffalo, New York, USA^[3] and represented Scotland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games where he won the bronze medal in the 200 Metres Individual Medley.^[4][5]

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.^[2] This stood as the British record for four and a half years and the Scottish record for 14 years.^[2] He swam for Warrender Baths Club in Edinburgh.^[6]

At the ASA National British Championships, he won the 200 metres medley title in 1993 and 1995.^[7][8]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)