Paul Cooper (speedway rider)
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name=
| image = Paul Cooper 27-04-05.jpg
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = 7 June 1982
| birth_place = York, England
| years1 = 2003-2010
| career1 = Sheffield Tigers
| years2 = 2004
| career2 = Oxford
| years3 = 2004
| career3 = Workington Comets
| years4 = 2004
| career4 = Berwick Bandits
| indivhonour1 = British 250cc Grasstrack Champion
| indivyear1 = 2000, 2007
| indivhonour2 = British 350cc Grasstrack Champion
| indivyear2 = 2005
| indivhonour3 = British Sand Ace Champion
| indivyear3 = 2017
| teamyear1 = 2006, 2007
| teamhonour1 = Conference League Pairs champion
}}
Paul Robert Cooper (born 7 June 1982 in York, England)Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}} is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=13 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/paul-cooper/ |title=Paul Cooper |website=Grasstrack GB |access-date=13 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=26 June 2023}}
Career
File:Paul Cooper 2004 Oxford speedway.jpg
Cooper primarily rode for Sheffield Tigers throughout his career.{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1267312.coopermans-tiger-in-tank/ |title=Cooperman's tiger in tank |website=The York Press |access-date=19 September 2024 }} Cooper is twice a winner of the Conference League Pairs Championship, partnering Benji Compton in 2006 and Simon Lambert in 2007.{{cite book |last=Bamford |first=Robert |title=Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson |year=2007 |page= |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-07524-4250-1}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/1575119.speedway-oxford-close-pairs-glory/ |title=SPEEDWAY: Oxford so close to pairs glory |publisher=Oxford Mail | access-date=2 July 2023}}
He is also an accomplished grasstrack, long track and motorcycle racing rider, reaching the World Final of the latter. He is a multi-British Grasstrack Champion in the minor solo classes and was the 2017 and 2019 British Sand Ace Champion.
World Longtrack Championship
Grand-Prix
- 2003 – One Grand-Prix 0pts (28th)
- 2009 – Two Grand-Prix 14pts (18th)
European Grasstrack Championship
Final
- 2003 {{flagicon|FRA}} La Reole 6pts (14th)
- 2007 {{flagicon|ENG}} Folkestone 9pts (12th)
- 2012 {{flagicon|NED}} Eenrum 7pts (11th)
- 2013 {{flagicon|GER}} Bielefeld 4pts (12th)
- 2014 {{flagicon|FRA}} St. Macaire 7pts (14th)
- 2015 {{flagicon|NED}} Staphorst 11pts (4th)
- 2016 {{flagicon|ENG}} Folkestone 12pts (10th)