John Cooper
Olympic athlete
1940 – 1974
Who was John Cooper?
John Cooper was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal. He then joined with team mates Tim Graham, Adrian Metcalfe, and Robbie Brightwell in the 4 x 400 metres relay where they won the silver medal. Cooper also competed in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico serving as Great Britain's third-string athlete in this event, behind gold medallist David Hemery and bronze medallist John Sherwood.
John Cooper originally went to school at Lutterworth Grammar School; he was killed in the Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crash outside of Paris, France on March 3, 1974.
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- Born
- Dec 18, 1940
United Kingdom - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Lutterworth College
- Died
- Mar 3, 1974
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on July 23, 2013
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