Brianna Coop
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| Full name | Brianna Coop | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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Brianna Coop (born 19 February 1998) is a cerebral palsy Paralympic athlete from Australia competing in T35 sprint events. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.[1]
Personal
Coop was born on 19 February 1998. She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy in 2006.[2] She attended Ryan Catholic College in Townsville, Queensland.[3]
Career
Coop competes in the T35 classification of athletics. At her first major international competition, 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 100m T35.[4] In the Women's 200m T35, she finished fourth. Both events were won by fellow Australian Isis Holt.[5] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Coop placed fourth overall in the 100 m T35 with a time of 15.56.[6] She also came fifth in the 200 m T35 with a time of 33.08.[7]
She is coached by Dayne O'Hara.[4]
References
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Brianna Coop". International Paralympic Committee Athletics proflies. Retrieved 29 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Levelling the playing field for children with disabilities". ABC North Queensland. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Committee Website". Australian Paralympic Committee Athlete Bio.
- ^ "Women's 100m - T35 - Standings". Rio 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Women's 200m - T35 - Standings". Rio 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
