Brian Frasure
| Medal record | ||
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| Track and field (T44) | ||
Representing  United States
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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2004 Athens | 4x100m - T42-46 |
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2004 Athens | 4x400m - T42-46 |
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2008 Beijing | 4x100m - T42-46 |
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2008 Beijing | 4x100m - T42-46 |
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2000 Sydney | |
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2000 Sydney | |
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2004 Athens | 100m - T44 |
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2004 Athens | 200m - T44 |
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2008 Beijing | 100m - T44 |
Brian Frasure is a Paralympian athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.
He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres - T44 event and was disqualified in the men's 200 metres - T44 event. He'd tested positive for Nandrolone.[1] This was later overturned as there was no evidence of advertent use. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, where he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay - T42-46 event, a gold medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay - T42-46 event, a silver medal in the men's 100 metres - T44 event, and a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres - T44 event. He also competed in the T44 200 metres, breaking the world record in the heats but was disqualified in the final. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, winning a gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay - T42-46 event and a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres - T44 event.
Frasure is also a prosthetist and fitted Oscar Pistorius with his first pair of Ossur Flex-Foot Cheetah carbon fiber running blades.[2]
See also[]
- The Mechanics of Running Blades
References[]
- ^ Paralympics: American sprinter stripped of silver Archived 2015-04-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Gillette, Felix (10 November 2004). "Racing Tall — A Paralympian stands accused of getting an illegal leg up". Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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