Brad Cooper

Brad Cooper

Personal information

Surname:

Bradford Paul Cooper

Nation:

Australia

Swimming style (s) :

Freestyle & Back

Birthday:

July 19, 1954

Place of birth:

Singapore

Size:

1.60 m

Weight:

72 kg

Medal table

Medals

Olympic games
gold	1972 Munich	400 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
gold	1974 Christchurch	200 m back
silver	1974 Christchurch	400 m freestyle
bronze	1974 Christchurch	100 m back
World championships
silver	1973 Belgrade	400 m freestyle
silver	1973 Belgrade	4 × 200 m freestyle
bronze	1973 Belgrade	1,500 m freestyle

Bradford Paul Cooper (born July 19, 1954 in Singapore ) is a former Australian swimmer .

He took second place in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich over 400 m freestyle and thus won the silver medal. Later, however, the winner, the American Rick DeMont , was disqualified for taking an asthma drug illegally , so that Brad Cooper was subsequently declared the winner.

After the Olympic Games in 1972 he ended his career. In 1994 he was inducted into the international swimming pool 's hall of fame .

Web links

Brad Cooper in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
Brad Cooper in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Cooper, Brad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cooper, Bradford Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Singapore