Full name Brianna Coop Nationality Australia | Name Brianna Coop | |
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Born 19 February 1998 (age 26) ( 1998-02-19 ) | ||
100M Final Para U20W Brianna Coop Tf35 15.84 -1.0 2016 Australian junior Championships
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.
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- 100M Final Para U20W Brianna Coop Tf35 1584 10 2016 Australian junior Championships
- Personal
- Career
- References
Personal
Coop was born on 19 February 1998. She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy in 2006. She attended Ryan Catholic College in Townsville, Queensland.
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. In the Women's 200m T35, she finished fourth. Both events were won by fellow Australian Isis Holt. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Coop placed fourth overall in the 100 m T35 with a time of 15.56. She also came fifth in the 200 m T35 with a time of 33.08.
At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she finished fourth in the Women's 100m and 200m T35 events.
She is coached by Dayne O'Hara.
