Edmund Merriman Cooper (9 September 1912 – January 2003) was a Bermudian
swimmer
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He competed in
two events at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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: the men's 400 metres
freestyle
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(with a time of 5:53.8) and the 4x200 metres freestyle
relay
A relay
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His brother, Forster Cooper, and son,
Edmund Kirkland Cooper, were also both Olympians—in swimming and sailing, respectively.
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1912 births
2003 deaths
Bermudian male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Bermuda
Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
People from Pembroke Parish
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