In which sport did Malcolm Cooper win Gold medals for Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics?
"with the Mexican team. Great Britain hosted the only Olympic rackets tournament, in 1908. Britain took a bronze medal in the first Olympic rowing competition, in 1900. Britain took a silver medal in the first Olympic rugby competition, in 1900. Britain took four gold medals in the first Olympic sailing events in 1900. In addition, British sailors were part of two mixed teams that won gold. Great Britain's first shooting medals came when the nation hosted the 1908 Games, at which the British shooters dominated the competitions. There were 215 shooters from 14 nations in the shooting events, including 67"
"as well as holding the World record for a period. Cooper died in June 2001 after an eight-month battle with cancer. He died at his home in Eastergate, West Sussex. Malcolm Cooper Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, (20 December 1947 – 9 June 2001) was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. He was the first shooter to win two consecutive gold medals in the Olympic 50 metre rifle three positions event, a feat which stood unrivalled for 28 years until the 2016 Rio Olympics, when Italian shooter Niccolò Campriani matched the record by successfully defending his three position"
"Malcolm Cooper Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, (20 December 1947 – 9 June 2001) was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. He was the first shooter to win two consecutive gold medals in the Olympic 50 metre rifle three positions event, a feat which stood unrivalled for 28 years until the 2016 Rio Olympics, when Italian shooter Niccolò Campriani matched the record by successfully defending his three position title from the 2012 London Olympics. Cooper was born in 1947 in Camberley and learned to shoot whilst attending the Royal Hospital School at Holbrook in Suffolk, UK before his"
"went to The King's School. He resides in Bath with his wife, Jennie and has three sons, Michael, Stephen and Mark. <br> Paul Barber (field hockey) Paul Jason Barber (born 21 May 1955) is an English former field hockey player. He was vice-captain of the gold winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup in London, and he scored the two goals in the semi-final that helped England defeat"
"John Cooper (hurdler) John Cooper (18 December 1940 – 3 March 1974) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal. He then joined with team mates Tim Graham, Adrian Metcalfe, and Robbie Brightwell in the 4 x 400 metres relay where they won the silver medal. Cooper also competed in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico serving as Great Britain's third-string athlete in this event, behind"
"Malcolm Elliott Malcolm Elliott (born 1 July 1961) is a former English professional cyclist, whose professional career has lasted from 1984 to 1997 when he retired and from 2003 up to 2011 when he made his comeback in British domestic racing. Known as a sprinter, his career includes three stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España, two gold medals in the Commonwealth Games, and winning the amateur Milk Race and its professional version, the Kellogg's Tour. He rode and finished the Tour de France in 1987 and 1988. Elliott also competed at the Olympic Games in 1980"
"Australian men's eight to a silver medal. That same crew represented Australia in the men's eight selected for the 1985 Trans-Tasman U/23 regatta held on Lake Ruataniwha New Zealand. Cooper's senior call-up was into the men's eight who competed and took the gold at the 1986 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England. This was Australia's first and to date only, World Championship win the men's eight. That same year at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, in that same crew Cooper won gold in the Australian men's VIII. At the 1987 World Rowing Championships in Copenhagen, Cooper was in the"
"gold medallist David Hemery and bronze medallist John Sherwood. John Cooper originally went to school at Lutterworth Grammar School. He was killed in the Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crash near Paris, France on 3 March 1974. John Cooper (hurdler) John Cooper (18 December 1940 – 3 March 1974) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal. He then joined with team mates Tim Graham, Adrian Metcalfe, and Robbie Brightwell in the"
"Buckinghamshire Minor Counties at cricket, as well as England Schoolboys at field hockey. Potter graduated from Southampton University in 1986 with a BA (Hons) in Geography, and attended Aston Business School (1986 – 87) to obtain his MBA. He currently lives in Connecticut, US with Tracy and their four children: Max, Hugo, Sophie and Lucy. Jon Potter went on to represent Great Britain and England at the highest levels in field hockey. He has competed in three Olympic Games, winning bronze in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and, four years later, gold at the 1988 Summer Games in"
"Andrew Cooper Andrew Dollman Cooper, OAM (born 23 December 1964) is a former Australian Olympic Champion and World Champion rower. He is a national champion, dual Olympian and two-time World Champion who achieved success as a member of Australia's ""Oarsome Foursome"" in 1991 and 1992. Cooper's senior rowing was with the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne and he was selected to train at the Australian Institute of Sport from 1986. Cooper competed at the National Regatta in Mercantile colours in coxless pair and in coxed and coxless four from 1986 to 1988 and in 1990. He won Australian national titles"
"produced several world-class cyclists. Robert Millar finished in 4th place at the 1984 Tour de France winning the King of the Mountains jersey; He also acchived 2nd place finished at the 1985 and 1986 Vuelta a España as well as runner up in the 1987 Giro d'Italia. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chris Hoy became the most successful British Olympian in over 100 years when he cycled to 3 golds in the velodrome in sprint events (Sprint, team sprint and keirin). His achievements earned him the honor of carrying the nation's flag in the closing ceremony and a knighthood"
"ice hockey team when he represented his country at the under-18 level in 1985. He has made a total of 80 appearances for the national team in the under-18, under-20 and the senior teams. During his time with the senior team he helped them climb the international ranks from Pool D to Pool A of the Ice Hockey World Championships before cementing their position in Pool B. Cooper described the Pool B gold medal he won in 1993 as ""something special"". Ian Cooper (ice hockey) Ian Edward Cooper (born in Durham, England) is a retired British ice hockey player. He"
"Felix won a bronze medal in rowing at the 1958 British Empire Games. Joyce Cooper Margaret Joyce Cooper (18 April 1909 – 22 July 2002), later known by her married name Joyce Badcock, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and European championships, and England at the British Empire Games, during the late 1920s and early 1930s. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, she won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, and a pair of bronze medals in the 100-metre freestyle and 100-metre backstroke events. In the 100-metre freestyle she finished together"
"the 1988 Summer Olympics and of the bronze-medal winning team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Another OG, Gawain Briars, was the British number one squash player and now heads the world Professional Squash Association. Brother and sister Ralph and Natasha Firman are both racing drivers, and Natasha was the winner of the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. Giles Baring and Andrew Corran were first-class cricketers, while international rugby footballers include Andy Mulligan (Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, Nick Youngs (England and his sons Ben and Tom (England) both also playing for the British and Irish Lions winning"
"Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé ""Daley"" Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), is a British former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. With four world records, two Olympic gold medals, three Commonwealth titles, and wins in the World and European Championships, Thompson is considered by many to be one of the greatest decathletes of all time. Robert Chalmers described him as ""the greatest all-round athlete this country [United Kingdom] has ever produced."" Thompson was born in Notting Hill, London, the second son"
"the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, the latter in an Australian record time. He also came second in the 400 m freestyle behind fellow Talbot swimmer Graham Windeatt, surpassing the previous Australian record. This earned Cooper selection for a national team to tour Europe for competitive experience. In January 1972, Cooper hit the headlines when he broke the 800 m freestyle world record. Within a month, at the Australian Championships in Brisbane, he won the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events and the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, showing versatility over a large range of distances. This"
"eight to victory. It was Australia's first and only World Championship title in the men's VIII. That same year at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, in that same crew McKay won gold in the Australian men's VIII. McKay also rowed in a coxed four to a bronze medal at those same games. In 1990, McKay, with Nick Green, Samuel Patten, James Tomkins were selected race as Australia's coxless four. Their success was immediate. They won the 1990 and 1991 World Rowing Championships. And with Andrew Cooper replacing Samuel Patten, they followed up with a gold medal at the 1992"
"- Two Grand-Prix 14pts (18th) Final Paul Cooper (speedway rider) Paul Cooper (born 7 June 1982 in York, England) is a professional speedway rider. 'Coops' is also an accomplished speedway, grasstrack and long track motorcycle racing rider, reaching the World Final of the latter. He is a multi-British Grasstrack Champion in the minor solo classes and is the current British Sand Ace Champion, a title he took in Guernsey. The man is well known to enjoy a session of salad tossing, he is devoted to the salad tossing sport and encourages youngsters and even the retired to participate. Grand-Prix 2003"
"at those Australian Rowing Championships in 1986 in a coxless four; and in 1990 in both the coxed and coxless four with other members of the Oarsome Foursome. Cooper was selected in Victorian state representative King's Cup crews contesting the men's Interstate Eight-Oared Championship at the Australian Rowing Championships in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995. Cooper enjoyed the rare distinction of being victorious in every King's Cup he raced. Cooper's first national representative selection was to the 1985 Match des Seniors in Banyoles Spain - the equivalent at the time of today's World Rowing U23 Championships. Cooper rowed in the"
"Kirk Cooper Edmund Kirkland ""Kirk"" Cooper (28 July 1932–2018) is a Bermudian former sailor who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Japan, racing in the Etchell class, (coming close to a bronze medal, arriving in 4th place overall in their class) in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, in the Dragon class and in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel, Germany, racing in the international Soling class. He was the Olympic flag bearer for Bermuda at the Opening Ceremony in Munich. He was also selected as one of the international jurors for the America's Cup, in 1983, when Australia"
"fourth in the women's overall and second in slalom. A downhill training crash in late January at Les Diablerets in Switzerland sidelined her for the remainder of the 1983 season. It resulted in a compression fracture in her left tibia just below the knee and required a bone graft from her hip. Cooper returned to form the following season with five early podiums before the 1984 Winter Olympics, and then won the silver medal in the Olympic giant slalom, 0.40 seconds behind teammate Debbie Armstrong at Jahorina. Soon after, a run at her hometown resort of Sun Valley was named"
"a 3–2 vote. Cooper also won one gold, four silver and one bronze medals at the 1927 and 1931 European championships, and, while representing England, four gold medals at the 1930 British Empire Games. When Los Angeles hosted the 1932 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay. In individual competition, she was fourth in the 400-metre freestyle, and sixth in the 100-metre backstroke. Cooper was born in the British island colony of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), where her father owned a tea plantation. In 1934 she married British Olympic rowing champion John Badcock. Their son"
"2010 Cooper was inducted as a member of the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame. Andrew Cooper Andrew Dollman Cooper, OAM (born 23 December 1964) is a former Australian Olympic Champion and World Champion rower. He is a national champion, dual Olympian and two-time World Champion who achieved success as a member of Australia's ""Oarsome Foursome"" in 1991 and 1992. Cooper's senior rowing was with the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne and he was selected to train at the Australian Institute of Sport from 1986. Cooper competed at the National Regatta in Mercantile colours in coxless pair and in coxed and"
"to be viewed as a ""race off"" between the two, the selectors opted for Coe. Elliott was selected for the 800m and qualified for the semi-finals, but had to withdraw due to an injury. Elliott won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh behind Steve Cram and Tom McKean. He then won a silver medal in the event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. The following year, he won the silver medal in the 1500m at the Olympic Games in Seoul. He also finished fourth in the Olympic 800m final. In January 1990,"
"Paul Cooper (speedway rider) Paul Cooper (born 7 June 1982 in York, England) is a professional speedway rider. 'Coops' is also an accomplished speedway, grasstrack and long track motorcycle racing rider, reaching the World Final of the latter. He is a multi-British Grasstrack Champion in the minor solo classes and is the current British Sand Ace Champion, a title he took in Guernsey. The man is well known to enjoy a session of salad tossing, he is devoted to the salad tossing sport and encourages youngsters and even the retired to participate. Grand-Prix 2003 - One Grand-Prix 0pts (28th) 2009"
"handing down a fifteen-month suspension to Cooper, said, """"Acts such as these must be obliterated from the game, and I'll begin by obliterating you."""" Cooper attempted to keep fit during his suspension by playing Australian rules football with St George in the Sydney Football League in 1983 and won the reserve competition's best and fairest award. After only four games with North Sydney in 1984 he dislocated his shoulder and retired from football. Cooper was named in the second-row when the Western Suburbs Magpies named their Team of the Eighties. Bob Cooper (rugby league) Bob Cooper is a former professional"
"bow seat of the Australian eight who took fourth place. He was moved to the three seat for the men's eight for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul who placed fifth. Cooper's teammates on that occasion were James Galloway, Hamish McLachlan, Mike McKay, Mark Doyle, James Tomkins, Ion Popa, Steve Evans, and Dale Caterson (cox). He would go on to enjoy great success rowing with Tomkins and McKay. In 1991 Cooper was in the Australian coxless four who won gold at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna along with Nick Green, Mike McKay, and James Tomkins. This was the"
"of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. He has also served on the boards of other sporting organisations. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1983 ""In recognition of service to sport"", and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1993. Phil Coles Phillip ""Phil"" Walter Coles, AM (born 20 July 1931) is an Australian sports administrator and former sprint canoer. Competing at the 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo, and 1968 Mexico City Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the Tokyo games, where he was also"
"London Olympic Games, the UIPM (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne) was founded at Sandhurst Military Academy. Until that time, the Modern Pentathlon Olympic event had been organized by members of the constituent sports who sometimes did not fully understand the specific demands of combining five sports together in a single competition. Thus, Modern Pentathlon formed its own organization which continues to oversee developments in over 90 participating countries. At the Olympic Games, Great Britain has won two gold medals: in 1976, the team of Adrian Parker, Danny Nightingale and Jim Fox won the team gold and in the inaugural Women’s"
"national title in 1968 and 1972. He represented Australia at successive Olympics – winning silver at 1968 Mexico City 1968 in the men's VIII and then competing at Munich 1972 Morgan was appointed the first professional head coach of the Sydney Rowing Club and went on to set a record for the most national championships as a coach in a single year. He coached New South Wales representative youth and King's Cup crews throughout the 1970s and 80s and went to a third Olympics as coach of the Australian VIII for the Montreal 1976. He is also a high school"
"Paul Barber (field hockey) Paul Jason Barber (born 21 May 1955) is an English former field hockey player. He was vice-captain of the gold winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup in London, and he scored the two goals in the semi-final that helped England defeat West Germany 2-1 and progress to the final. In a career that spanned over 25 Years, Barber won 99 caps for England"
"his wife Flora, two sons, and two daughters. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles. He was the non-playing captain of the Great Britain women's team in the 7th World Team Olympiad held at Seattle in 1984. However, he was most famous and will be remembered as a writer. He wrote some fifty books on the game, mostly aimed at intermediate to advanced players. It is a measure of their quality that many of"
"and outdoors in 1980 and 1981, and he went on to obtain a third outdoor title in 1983 for the UTEP Miners. Cameron represented the Americas at the 1981 IAAF World Cup and came away with the bronze medal in both the individual and relay events. He returned to the Commonwealth stage for the 1982 Games and he became the 400 m champion. Cameron won the 400 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. He had a good run in the 1984 Olympic semi-final, but halfway through the race grabbed his leg as a result of picking up a"