[4] He is a member of the MVP (Maximising Velocity and Power) Track & Field Club based at the University of Technology, Jamaica (U-Tech), Kingston, and is coached by Stephen Francis.

[6] On 9 July Frater won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Pan American Junior Championships.

[8] He ran the second leg on the 4 × 100 m relay, the team's winning time 40.03 setting a new World Youth (under 18) record.

[11] In October, Frater finished fifth in the 100 m at the IAAF World Junior Championships in a personal best 10.46[12] and again fifth when running the first leg of the 4 × 100 m relay in 40.07.

[citation needed] Three weeks later at the World Championships in Paris, Frater was eliminated, running in the quarter finals of the 100 m heat immediately following Jon Drummond's on-track protest for disqualification, finishing sixth posting 10.25.

In the final the baton exchange was not executed cleanly between Dwight Thomas and Frater, resulting in a DNF for the team.

[29] On 12 June Frater finished second in 10.059 to Tyson Gay 10.051 at the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Texas.

[34] On 16 July Frater won the Meeting de Madrid IAAF Grand Prix event, recording 10.22 into a −0.7 m/s headwind.

[35] In the 2005 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the 100 m with 10.05, finishing second to American Justin Gatlin,[36] who was subsequently banned from competition in 2006 for four years after testing positive for testosterone or its precursor.

Frater was removed from the field after the second false start, although he had a slower reaction, officially 0.146,[40] to the gun than Jacey Harper in Lane 7.

[citation needed] Frater won a gold medal in Beijing, running the second leg of the 4 × 100 m relay.

The gold medal was later rescinded by the IOC on 25 January 2017, after a retest of Frater's teammate Nesta Carter found the presence of the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.

[48] In a Jamaican sweep of the medal positions led by Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter, Frater again finished third in the 100 m at the World Athletics Final, Stuttgart, in 10.10[49] One week later Frater won the 100 m at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on 20 September, the first official event of the IAAF 2009 Grand Prix series.

[50] Frater was honoured in a homecoming celebration in Jamaica and received an Order of Distinction (Officer Rank) in recognition of his achievements at the Olympics.

[54][55] Two days later Frater ran a leg of the 4 × 100 m at the UTech Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.

[60] At the Guadeloupe International Invitational On 1 May, Frater placed third in the 100 m in 10.39[61] On 8 May he finished second in 10.15 at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix.

[64] Frater showed a spectacular return to form at the Jamaica National Trials, finishing third in the 100 m in 10.02 (−0.2 m/s wind), qualifying for the World Championships in Berlin.