Personal information | |
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Full name | Matthew Michael Kenneth Cooper |
Nationality | British |
Born | Boston, Lincolnshire, England | 17 April 1948
Died | 11 October 2015[1] Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 67)
Sport | |
Sport | Rowing |
Matthew Michael Kenneth Cooper (17 April 1948 – 11 October 2015) was a British rower. Cooper competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics where he finished in tenth place in the men's eight. [2] He won the coxless pairs with Jeremiah McCarthy, rowing for a Vesta and Argosies composite, at the inaugural 1972 National Rowing Championships [3] before competing in the 1972 Summer Olympics, where the same pair reached the semi-finals of the men's coxless pair. [4] [2]