“When I lived at the Olympic Training Center, every platform had a camera pointed at the platform, and then each platform had a 50-inch flat screen TV on a 30-second delay. So, you would finish your set, sit down, turn to the TV, and 30 seconds later, you could see what your lift looked like.”

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.