Joe Fraser

Joe Connor Fraser (born 6 December 1998) is an English artistic gymnast and member of the British national team. As the 2019 world champion on the parallel bars and 2022 European all-around and parallel bars champion, he became the first British gymnast to win gold in these events, the first black male to win a world championships gold medal in gymnastics, and the third British world champion (following Beth Tweddle and Max Whitlock). Fraser also became the first British gymnast to win a World Championship medal on the horizontal bar, taking bronze at the 2025 World Championships, before becoming the European champion on the same apparatus in 2026.

Fraser has also won team gold, silver, and bronze on the pommel horse at the European Championships, and was a member of the 2021 and 2024 Olympic teams.

Representing England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Fraser won three gold medals in the team, pommel horse and parallel bars events.

Early life and education Fraser was born on 6 December 1998 with six fingers on each hand; he had the additional digits removed as a baby. At age five, Fraser enjoyed doing flips at home; his mother, concerned about injury, sent him to a gymnastics centre to learn how to do the skills properly.

He studied at Sandwell Academy from 2010 to 2015.

Gymnastics career 2017 Fraser made his international senior debut in June at the 2017 European Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where he placed fifth in the all-around.

Fraser also competed at the 2017 World Championships in Quebec, Canada.

2018 Early in the year, Fraser fell from the horizontal bar and damaged ligaments in his ankles, making him unable to compete in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia. He also made the parallel bar and horizontal bar finals.

Fraser also competed at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where the team placed fifth.

In October, Fraser won gold at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart for his performance on the parallel bars with a score of 15.000.

2021 At the 2021 European Championships Fraser took bronze on the pommel horse.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Fraser competed for Great Britain. The team, consisting of Max Whitlock, James Hall, Giarnni Regini-Moran and Fraser, took fourth place with a score of 255.76. Fraser qualified for the individual all-around final, where he came 9th, and the parallel bar final, where he came 8th in his debut games.

2022

At the British Championships, Fraser won the all-around, floor exercise, pommel horse, and horizontal bar titles. Fraser competed at the Baku World Cup where he advanced to the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals. During the parallel bars final, he won the bronze medal behind Illia Kovtun from Ukraine and Ferhat Arican from Turkey. The next day he won gold on the horizontal bar.

Despite fracturing his foot two weeks before the Commonwealth Games, Fraser was able to compete on four apparatus and contribute to the England team's successful defence of their Commonwealth title. Fraser also went on to take gold in both the pommel horse and parallel bars. In the former, he beat 2018 champion Rhys McClenaghan while in the latter, he beat compatriot Giarnni Regini-Moran.

At the 2022 European Championships, Fraser helped Great Britain win the gold in the Team competition. Additionally, he won gold in the all-around ahead of Adem Asil and Ahmet Önder, becoming the first British man to win a European all-around title. Fraser qualified for the pommel horse and parallel bars finals, winning gold on the parallel bars.

At the 2022 World Championships, Fraser helped Great Britain take bronze in the Team competition and also qualified for the all-around final in fourth place. The bronze was Great Britain's second World team medal, having won silver in Glasgow in 2015. In June of that year he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Jake Jarman, Harry Hepworth, Luke Whitehouse, and Max Whitlock. The team placed fourth in the team competition.

2025 Fraser competed at the 2025 Paris World Challenge Cup where he qualified for the rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar finals. He won gold on parallel bars and bronze on rings. In late September he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 World Championships. He became the first British gymnast to win a medal on the horizontal bar, taking bronze. His score of 14.700 saw him finish behind American Brody Malone, who won gold, and Japan's Daiki Hashimoto. During event finals, he won bronze on parallel bars and won gold on horizontal bar. On the final day of the competition, Fraser helped Great Britain defend their European team title.

Personal life When he retires, Fraser intends to become a gymnastics coach. He opened his own gymnastics club, Joe Fraser Gymnastics, in Lichfield in 2025.

Competitive history