Angus Cooper

Angus James Cooper (born 7 May 1964) is a retired male hammer thrower from New Zealand. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland he won a bronze medal in the men's hammer throw with a throw of 71.26m.^[1] He is the New Zealand national record holder with 73.10m^[2] but his best distance was 73.96m^[3] which was not ratified as a record for unknown reasons.

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Personal information
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1964-05-07) 7 May 1964 (age 61)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer thrower
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Cooper finished second behind David Smith in the hammer throw event at the British 1987 AAA Championships.^[4][5]

In 1990, Cooper was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[6]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  New Zealand
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	26th	63.64 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	3rd	71.26 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	21st	68.48 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	5	67.92 m

1. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website^{[permanent dead link]}
2. ^ Athletics New Zealand Men's National Records^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ^ Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications. ISBN 1-86956-044-2
4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
5. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
6. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 106. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.

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