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| Full name | Anton Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Mountain bike racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012 | Trek World Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Cannondale Factory Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anton Cooper (born 11 August 1994)[1] is a New Zealand cross-country cyclist who races for the Trek Factory Racing XC Team.[2] He is the 2015 World Under 23 Cross-country Mountain bike champion and the 2012 World Junior Cross-country Mountain bike champion.[3] One of the two contenders for the country's 2016 Summer Olympics quota spot, he developed chronic fatigue earlier in 2016 and the nomination went to Sam Gaze instead. Cooper represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing sixth in the Men's Cross-country Mountain Bike final.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
23degrees profilewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Cooper signs with Cannondale Factory Racing Team for 2013". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Cooper ends junior career with world championship victory". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ Long, David (26 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Anton Cooper sixth in mountain bike race as Tom Pidcock claims gold". Stuff. Retrieved 3 April 2022.