“I almost looked at it as a waste of my experience, from weightlifting into my CrossFit career not to share some of the stuff I had learned. If another competitor could take on one out of the 100 things I say and it helps them, great!”

English rock musician, actor, writer, and performance artist

Mat Fraser is an English rock musician, actor, writer, and performance artist. He is known for his work across music, stage, screen, and live performance, and for speaking publicly about living with thalidomide-induced phocomelia. His career spans several forms of artistic work, with credits in music and performance as well as writing and acting. Fraser’s public profile has also been shaped by his advocacy and by the way he uses performance to challenge assumptions about disability and identity.