Donna Fraser

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Medal record
Women's athletics
World Championships
Bronze	2005 Helsinki	4x400 m relay
Bronze	2007 Osaka	4x400 m relay

Donna Fraser (born November 7, 1972) in Croydon is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.

1 Career
2 Major achievements
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

An exceptional junior, she won six English Schools 200m titles before turning to the 400m in 1991 and becoming European Junior Champion at the distance the same year. However, she didn't improve until 1996, when she began to concentrate on the 400m seriously and qualified for British teams in the major outdoor championships between 1996 and 1999. However, it was at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 that she finally showed the potential she had had as a junior when she clipped almost a second off her PB to finish 4th with a personal best time of 49.79 seconds, thanks in no small part to her training alongside Olympic Champion Cathy Freeman for that season.

A finalist in 1998 at the European Championships and Commonwealth Games (where she took a bronze medal), she has also played an integral part of Britain's 4x400 relay team, taking medals at the World Championships in 2005, European Championships and Commowealth Games. She also won the BBC London Athlete of the Year Award for 2005.^[1] But, her career post-2000 has stalled due to a catalogue of injuries and in an interview with the BBC in 2007 has said that if her form does not improve to a competitive level, this season may be her last.

At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, Fraser went as part of the 4x400m relay squad. Despite not running in the final, she received a bronze medal, as she competed in the heats on the 2nd leg.

[edit] Major achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	400 metres
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	4x400m relay
2000	Olympics	Sydney, Australia	4th	400 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	4x400m relay
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4x400m relay
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	4x400m relay