Heather Cooper

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Heather Cooper
Personal information
Born (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29)
Nationality Australian
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Queensland HC
Number 22
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–
Australia 18 (23)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Nations Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Sydney
Women's beach handball
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Adelaide
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Adelaide

Heather Cooper (born 9 May 1995) is an Australian handball player for Queensland HC and on both, Australian national team and the beach handball team teams. [1] [2] She represented Australia in the National team for World Beach Games. [3] [4]

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Indoor handball career

She was part of the Queensland state team for the Australian Championships and contributed to obtaining a gold medal in 2013 & 2014 and a silver medal in 2016. [5]

Beach handball career

She was part of the Queensland state team and contributed to winning gold during the Australian Championships 2015 and Silver in 2013, 2016 & 2017. She was also one of the top scorers in the Australian National volleyball 2021 championships. [6]

International indoor handball career

She has been part of the Australian Junior team since 2012 and was selected to represent Australia with the Senior team at the Oceania Qualifiers in Australia (2016) and in New Zealand (2013) as well as the 4 Nations Tournament in Kazakhstan (2015).

International beach handball career

Currently selected in the Australian Team for the 2017 World Games, she was part of the National Australian team [8] that secured an 8th position at World Championships in Hungary, July 2016 and also participated to the World Championships 2014 in Brazil.

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