Matthew Cooper | |
Full Name: | Matthew Michael Kenneth Cooper |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Rowing |
Birth Date: | 17 April 1948 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia |
Matthew Michael Kenneth Cooper (17 April 1948 - 11 October 2015) was a British rower. Cooper competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics where he finished in tenth place in the men's eight.[2] He won the coxless pairs with Jeremiah McCarthy, rowing for a Vesta and Argosies composite, at the inaugural 1972 National Rowing Championships[3] before competing in the 1972 Summer Olympics, where the same pair reached the semi-finals of the men's coxless pair.[4] [2]