Angus Cooper

Angus Cooper

Personal information
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1964-05-07) 7 May 1964 (age 61)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer thrower

Angus James Cooper (born 7 May 1964) is a retired male hammer thrower from New Zealand. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland he won a bronze medal in the men's hammer throw with a throw of 71.26m. ^[1] He is the New Zealand national record holder with 73.10m ^[2] but his best distance was 73.96m ^[3] which was not ratified as a record for unknown reasons.

Cooper is from Auckland, New Zealand. He was an All-American thrower for the Kent State Golden Flashes track and field team, finishing 3rd in the weight throw at the 1988 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. ^[4]

Cooper finished second behind David Smith in the hammer throw event at the British 1987 AAA Championships. ^{[5] [6]}

In 1990, Cooper was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. ^[7]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   New Zealand
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	26th	63.64 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	3rd	71.26 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	21st	68.48 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	5	67.92 m

References

1. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Athletics New Zealand Men's National Records ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications. ISBN   1-86956-044-2
4. "No weighting game for Kent's Cooper". Akron Beacon Journal . 18 March 1988. p. 41. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
6. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
7. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 106. ISBN   0-908578-34-2.