Brianna Coop (born 19 February 1998) is a Paralympic athlete from Australia competing in T35 sprint events. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.

Personal

Coop was born on 19 February 1998 in

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. She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy in 2006. She attended Gordonvale State School in

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, Queensland. While there in 2013, she qualified for the national junior disability championships for the 100m, 200m, and discus throwing. Coop won bronze in the 100m and 200m, finishing fourth in the discus as well. She later attended Ryan Catholic College in

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Career

Coop competes in the T35 classification of athletics. At her first major international competition, 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in

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, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 100m T35. In the Women's 200m T35, she finished fourth. Both events were won by fellow Australian

Isis Holt Isis Holt (born 3 July 2001) is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing in T35 sprint events. She is affected by the condition cerebral palsy. Holt won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m at the 2015 and 2017 World Para Athletics Championship ...

. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Coop placed fourth overall in the 100 m T35 with a time of 15.56. She also came fifth in the 200 m T35 with a time of 33.08. At the

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, she finished fourth in the Women's 100m and 200m T35 events. She is coached by Wayne Leaver.

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