Isaac Cooper

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Isaac Cooper
Personal information
Full nameIsaac Alan Cooper
NationalityAustralian
Born (2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 20)
Bundaberg, Australia [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Doha 50 m backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Melbourne 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Melbourne 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley

Isaac Cooper (born 7 January 2004) is an Australian swimmer. [2] He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke and in the heats of the 4x100 metre mixed medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]

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Isaac competed in the 2022 FINA Short Course World Championships. He was denied a gold medal in the 50m backstroke event [5] in bizarre circumstances after the final had to be re-run. Cooper's original swim had broken the World Junior Record (which he himself held from his swim in the semifinal) but it was discounted. He went on to achieve a World Record and Gold Medal in the 4×100m Medley Relay, and also won gold in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay. [6]

Cooper holds the World Junior Record and Commonwealth Record in the Short Course 50m Backstroke, as well as the Australian Record in Long Course 50m Backstroke.

He was sent home from the 2022 Commonwealth Games for disciplinary reasons related to the “use of medication”. [7]

World records

Short course metres

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusRef
14x100 m medley relay [a] 3:18.98 2022 World Championships (25 m) Melbourne, Australia 18 December 2022Current [8]

a split 49.46 (backstroke leg); with Joshua Yong (breaststroke leg), Matthew Temple (butterfly leg), Kyle Chalmers (freestyle leg)

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References

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  2. "Isaac Cooper". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. "Men's 100m Backstroke: Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Titmus 'could've gone faster' but sets up epic final as Aussie breaks Olympic record, Chalmers brilliant". Fox Sports. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. "Shattered Cooper denied gold in farcical scenes: 'He won that race'". 7NEWS. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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