Mitchell Cooper

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Mitchell Cooper
Personal information
Born (1995-06-02) 2 June 1995 (age 30)
Kippa-Ring, Queensland, Australia, Australia [1]
Education University of Kansas [2]
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight136 kg (300 lb)
SpouseZoe Cooper (October 2019)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Discus throw
College team Kansas Jayhawks
Coached byKen Harradine
Garth Cooper
Andriy Kokhanovsky

Mitchell Cooper (born 2 June 1995) is an Australian athlete specialising in the discus throw. [3] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final.

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Cooper is from Burpengary, Queensland, Australia. He was an All-American thrower for the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team, finishing 6th in the discus at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. [4]

His personal best in the event is 63.98 metres set in Lawrence in 2017.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2011 Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas, Isle of Man 4thDiscus throw (1.5 kg)60.54 m
7thHammer throw (5 kg)55.37 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 14th (q)Discus throw (1.75 kg) 56.25 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 6thDiscus throw (1.75 kg) 61.77 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 28th (q)Discus throw 57.26 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 5thDiscus throw 60.40 m

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "College team bio". 3 October 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Mitchell Cooper at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. ↑ "Australian thrower Mitchell Cooper finds new 'adventure' with KU track". cjonline.com .


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