Isaac Cooper

Isaac Cooper (born 7 January 2004) is an Australian swimmer.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

Isaac Cooper

Personal information
Full name	Isaac Alan Cooper
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 21) Bundaberg, Australia[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships (LC) 2024 Doha 50 m backstroke 2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships (SC) 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m freestyle 2022 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2022 Melbourne 50 m backstroke 2024 Budapest 50 m backstroke 2022 Melbourne 100 m backstroke 2022 Melbourne 4×50 m medley

Isaac competed in the 2022 FINA Short Course World Championships. He was denied a gold medal in the 50m backstroke event^[5] 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 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, and also won gold in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay.^[6]

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”.^[7]

World records

Short course metres

No.	Event	Time	Meet	Location	Date	Status	Ref
1	4x100 m medley relay[a]	3:18.98	2022 World Championships (25 m)	Melbourne, Australia	18 December 2022	Current	[8]

^a split 49.46 (backstroke leg); with Joshua Yong (breaststroke leg), Matthew Temple (butterfly leg), Kyle Chalmers (freestyle leg)