--- title: Australian Olympic Icon Dawn Fraser Accused of Bigotry by Nick Kyrgios description: The tennis player said Fraser was a "blatant racist" after she said he should go back to where his "parents came from" canonical: https://time.com/3947629/australia-dawn-fraser-nick-kyrgios-bernard-tomic-racist/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-07T09:12:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:00:39.225Z article:section: Sports og:title: Australian Sporting Icon Accused of Bigotry og:description: Dawn Fraser told two tennis stars to 'go back to where their parents come from' og:url: https://time.com/3947629/australia-dawn-fraser-nick-kyrgios-bernard-tomic-racist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cc417c590940db6/698859cfa988ca166c6b3577/rtr2l99h.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Former Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser smiles during a Reuters interview in Sydney og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Australian Sporting Icon Accused of Bigotry twitter:description: Dawn Fraser told two tennis stars to 'go back to where their parents come from' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cc417c590940db6/698859cfa988ca166c6b3577/rtr2l99h.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Australian Sporting Icon Tells the Country's Top Two Tennis Players to 'Go Back to Where Their Parents Came From' > Sponsored content. 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Former Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser smiles during a Reuters interview in Sydney April 7, 2011.© Daniel Munoz / Reuters—REUTERS by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jul 7, 2015 9:12 AM UTC Legendary Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser [has apologized for the inflammatory remark](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-07/dawn-fraser-apologises-after-kyrgios-labels-her-blatant-racist/6600824)s she made about Nick Kyrgios, the Australian tennis player who is being accused of [throwing](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/06/nick-kyrios-wimbledon-throw-game-richard-gasquet) his fourth-round match at Wimbledon against Richard Gasquet. On Tuesday, the morning after Kyrgios’ controversial defeat, Fraser appeared on Australia’s _Today Show_ to decry his behavior on the court as “absolutely disgusting,” and to advise him and fellow Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic to “go back to where their parents came from.” “We don’t need them here in this country to act like that,” she said. Kyrgios was born in Canberra but is of Malaysian and Greek heritage; Tomic was born in Germany but moved to Australia in 1996, when he was 3 years old. After Fraser’s remarks, Kyrgios posted a message to Facebook calling her a bigot and denouncing what he saw as a double standard. “Throwing a racket, brat. Debating the rules, disrespectful. Frustrated when competing, spoilt. Showing emotion, arrogant. Blatant racist, Australian legend,” he wrote. Fraser apologized shortly thereafter in a public statement, though she did not redact her chief complaint — that Kyrgios, who currently faces a possible $20,000 in fines for his behavior at Wimbledon, acted unbecomingly. “Australians have a rich sporting heritage made up of individuals from a variety of different countries of origin,” she said. “Nick’s representing Australia, and I want to see him representing Australian tennis in the best possible light … Not only do you represent yourself, your team, your fans and your family but you are representing the heritage of the competition and acting as a role model for young Australians.” Fraser, who is 77, earned eight Olympic swimming medals for Australia between 1956 and 1964\. 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