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Mitchell Cooper

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Mitchell Cooper
Personal information
Born (1995-06-02) 2 June 1995 (age 29)
Kippa-Ring, Queensland, Australia, Australia[1]
EducationUniversity of Kansas[2]
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight136 kg (300 lb)
SpouseZoe Cooper (October 2019)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDiscus throw
College teamKansas 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.

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

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2011 Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas, Isle of Man 4th Discus throw (1.5 kg) 60.54 m
7th Hammer 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 6th Discus 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 5th Discus throw 60.40 m

References

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  1. ^ 2018 CWG bio
  2. ^ "College team bio". 3 October 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell Cooper at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
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