Erroll Fraser
Olympic athlete
1950 – 2002
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Who was Erroll Fraser?
Erroll Canute Fraser was an ice speed skater from the British Virgin Islands, who represented his native country in at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia at the age of 33. There he finished in 40th and 42nd place, in the nation's first ever appearance at the Winter Olympics and as of 2010, only time.
Fraser is believed to be the only black speed skater in the twentieth century to compete at the Winter Games. The first black speed skater to win an Olympic medal was Shani Davis in 2006.
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