Isaac Cooper (born 7 January 2004) is an Australian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. 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 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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

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for disciplinary reasons related to the “use of medication”.

World records

Short course metres

split 49.46 (backstroke leg); with

Joshua Yong Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

(breaststroke leg), Matthew Temple (butterfly leg),

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...

(freestyle leg)

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* 2004 births Living people Australian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bundaberg Sportsmen from Queensland Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Australia World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub