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Brad Cooper

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Bradford Paul Cooper (born 19 July 1954) is an Australian former freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In that race he originally finished second by the smallest margin ever to decide an Olympic swimming final (one hundredth of a second), but was later awarded the gold medal after the victor, American Rick DeMont, an asthmatic, was disqualified after his post-race urinalysis tested positive for traces of the banned substance ephedrine contained in his prescription asthma medication, Marax. The second of three brothers, Cooper was born in Singapore to Australian parents but moved with his family to Rockhampton, Queensland at the age of five. There, his father was the manager of a cinema centre and the family also water skied on weekends. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brad Cooper is the 93rd most popular swimmer (up from 211th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Singapore (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Singaporean Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Brad Cooper ranks 93 out of 709. Before him are Ian Thorpe, Greta Johansson, Lillian Watson, Katherine Rawls, Gary Hall Jr., and John Derbyshire. After him are George Kojac, Frederick Lane, Don McKenzie, Otto Wahle, Jack Medica, and Katie Ledecky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Brad Cooper ranks 352. Before him are Robert Carradine, Jaak Uudmäe, Erwin Wurm, Ruby Bridges, Mark Lindsay Chapman, and Ruslan Aushev. After him are Ephrem M'Bom, Aristides Gomes, Harvey Fierstein, Francis Buchholz, Hartwig Gauder, and Elliot Goldenthal.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Brad Cooper ranks 21 out of 42. Before him are Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Ho Ching (1953), Chin Han (1969), and Kygo (1991). After him are William Goh (1957), Leslie Charteris (1907), Edward Craven Walker (1918), Terry Butcher (1958), Fann Wong (1971), and Annabel Chong (1972).

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Among SWIMMERS In Singapore

Among swimmers born in Singapore, Brad Cooper ranks 1. After him are Daniel Kowalski (1975), Joseph Schooling (1995), Quah Zheng Wen (1996), Kayla Sanchez (2001), Quah Ting Wen (1992), and Chantal Liew (1998).

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