Mat Fraser (athlete)
Mathew Edward Fraser (born 1990) is a retired Canadian-American professional CrossFit athlete, competing from 2014 to 2020. Fraser is the first athlete to have won five CrossFit Games titles, winning the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 CrossFit Games consecutively. He is widely considered to be the most dominant and successful individual male athlete in the sport of CrossFit.
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| Birth name | Mathew Edward Fraser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 25, 1990 Kingston, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Vermont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | CrossFit Athlete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | mathewfras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | CrossFit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fraser has a background in Olympic weightlifting and was a junior national champion. He made his debut at the 2014 CrossFit Games and took second place after a strong performance. He was a favorite to win in 2015 with the retirement of four-time defending champion Rich Froning Jr., but was edged out in the final event by Ben Smith. The following year, Fraser took first place by a record margin, and won all the following four CrossFit Games. The 2020 Games were his final Games, which he won with a greatly extended record margin of victory of 545 points, and set a record of five consecutive championships wins.