Joanna Cooper (born 3 December 1983) is a Canadian international

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Biography

She was born in

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, Alberta, Canada and was selected as part of the Canadian team for the

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on the

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where she reached the semi-finals of the Fours with

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and Jackie Foster. In 2020, she was selected for the blue riband of the sport, the

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in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Canada at the

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. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. In the fours, Cooper qualified in second place in her group before being eliminated in the quarter final after losing to Scotland. One week later in the triples partnering Baylee van Steijn and Emma Boyd, the team won a bronze medal after losing to New Zealand in the semi finals.

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Joanna Cooper
at Bowls Canada * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Joanna 1983 births Living people Canadian female bowls players Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Canadian women