Deirdre Fraser is an Australian former World Champion lightweight rower.

Club and state rowing

Fraser took up rowing in 1986 at the Bendigo Rowing Club and rowed for that club until 1990. When she began to represent at state and national level from 1991 she raced for the Melbourne University Boat Club. On four occasions from 1991 to 1995 she represented Victoria, racing for the Women's Lightweight Four Championship (the Victoria Cup) at the

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. Her crews won the championship in 1991, 1992 and 1993.

National representative rowing

Fraser was first selected to represent Australia, for the

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in the lightweight four. That crew placed fifth. The following year Fraser saw world championship success at the

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, Canada, when she won the world championship in the lightweight four, with Virginia Lee, Marina Cade, and Liz Moller. That same crew were selected for Račice 1993 to attempt to defend their title – they placed fourth. Fraser retired from competitive rowing in 1995. She was general manager of Rowing Victoria from 1995 to 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, Deirdre Living people Rowers from Melbourne Australian female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian women Sportswomen from Victoria (state)