Isaac Cooper

{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 2004)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

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| name = Isaac Cooper

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| fullname = Isaac Alan Cooper

| nationality = Australian

| strokes = Backstroke

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|1|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bundaberg, Australia{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1844599-cooper-isaac.htm|title=Isaac Cooper|publisher=Tokyo 2020|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729215547/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1844599-cooper-isaac.htm|url-status=dead}}

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{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2020 Tokyo | 4×100 m mixed medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Doha|50 m backstroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|4×100 m mixed medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Melbourne|4×50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Melbourne|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Melbourne|50 m backstroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Budapest|50 m backstroke}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Melbourne|100 m backstroke}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Melbourne|4×50 m medley}}

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Isaac Cooper (born 7 January 2004) is an Australian swimmer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/140833 |title=Isaac Cooper |work=Olympedia |access-date=25 July 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------.pdf |title=Men's 100m Backstroke: Results Summary |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=25 July 2021 |archive-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725120539/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|date=25 July 2021|title=Titmus 'could've gone faster' but sets up epic final as Aussie breaks Olympic record, Chalmers brilliant|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/tokyo-olympics-2021/tokyo-2020-swimming-day-2-heats-live-updates-results-schedule-ariarne-titmus-vs-katie-ledecky/news-story/f44605ea23168439718d12233b865948|access-date=25 July 2021|website=Fox Sports|language=en}}

Isaac competed in the 2022 FINA Short Course World Championships. He was denied a gold medal in the 50m backstroke event{{Cite web |date=2022-12-16 |title=Shattered Cooper denied gold in farcical scenes: 'He won that race' |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/swimming/aussie-young-gun-isaac-cooper-denied-gold-in-farcical-scenes-he-won-that-race-c-9192444 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=7NEWS |language=en}} 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 {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} Medley Relay, and also won gold in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay.{{Cite web |title=Isaac Alan COOPER {{!}} Results {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1372307/www.fina.org/athletes/1372307/isaac-alan-cooper |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation |language=en}}

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”.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/20/isaac-cooper-sent-home-from-commonwealth-games-camp-says-swimming-australia|title=Isaac Cooper sent home from Commonwealth Games camp, says Swimming Australia |work=The Guardian |date=20 July 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022}}