Cooper started skiing aerials at age 16 and was on the Australian team for 20 years. During her career she had many injuries, including a shattered knee, elbow, hip, shoulder and a broken back.
She finished in sixteenth place at the 1994 Winter Olympics and crashed out of the qualification round at the 1998 Winter Olympics. At the Salt Lake Winter Games in 2002, the three-time world champion was a favourite to win gold, but a training accident the week before those games shattered her knee. Teammate Alisa Camplin would win the gold for Australia.
Cooper made her comeback at the 2004 Mount Buller World Aerials, two and a half years after her Salt Lake accident. She won the silver behind fellow Australian Lydia Lassila (née Ierodiaconou). After having a long time off competition, she performed double somersaults, rather than her trademark triples.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Cooper entered the final as the favourite, having recorded a world record 213.56 in the qualification round, but she crashed on both jumps.
Cooper won 24 World Cup gold medals, claiming her fifth World Cup title in Inawashiro, Japan.[2]
Cooper was selected for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first Australian woman to make five Olympic teams, summer or winter.[3] She finished fifth in that competition. Fellow Australian Lydia Lassila took the gold medal.[4]
Television appearancesEdit
In 2023, Cooper was a contestant on the Australian reality television show The Summit and was eliminated in the third episode by Brooke Kilowsky.
Personal lifeEdit
Cooper is the mother of three. Her eldest daughter was diagnosed with coeliac disease when at two years old. Cooper is a volunteer ambassador for Coeliac Victoria and Tasmania.[5]
ReferencesEdit
^ abc"Jacqui Cooper". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^Jumping Jac nails best win of all. FOX Sports, 26 February 2007
jacqui, cooper, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, ta. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Jacqui Cooper news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jacqueline Cooper born 6 January 1973 is an Australian motivational speaker and retired freestyle skier 1 Jacqui CooperPersonal informationBorn 1973 01 06 6 January 1973 age 50 Melbourne AustraliaHeight176 cm 5 ft 9 in 1 Weight65 kg 143 lb 1 Websitejacquicooper wbr comSportCountryAustraliaSportFreestyle skiingEvent s AerialsMedal record Women s freestyle skiingRepresenting AustraliaFIS Freestyle World Ski Championships1999 Meiringen Hasliberg Aerials2007 Madonna di Campiglio Aerials2009 Inawashiro Aerials Contents 1 Skiing career 2 Television appearances 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksSkiing career EditCooper started skiing aerials at age 16 and was on the Australian team for 20 years During her career she had many injuries including a shattered knee elbow hip shoulder and a broken back She finished in sixteenth place at the 1994 Winter Olympics and crashed out of the qualification round at the 1998 Winter Olympics At the Salt Lake Winter Games in 2002 the three time world champion was a favourite to win gold but a training accident the week before those games shattered her knee Teammate Alisa Camplin would win the gold for Australia Cooper made her comeback at the 2004 Mount Buller World Aerials two and a half years after her Salt Lake accident She won the silver behind fellow Australian Lydia Lassila nee Ierodiaconou After having a long time off competition she performed double somersaults rather than her trademark triples At the 2006 Winter Olympics Cooper entered the final as the favourite having recorded a world record 213 56 in the qualification round but she crashed on both jumps Cooper won 24 World Cup gold medals claiming her fifth World Cup title in Inawashiro Japan 2 Cooper was selected for the 2010 Winter Olympics the first Australian woman to make five Olympic teams summer or winter 3 She finished fifth in that competition Fellow Australian Lydia Lassila took the gold medal 4 Television appearances EditIn 2023 Cooper was a contestant on the Australian reality television show The Summit and was eliminated in the third episode by Brooke Kilowsky Personal life EditCooper is the mother of three Her eldest daughter was diagnosed with coeliac disease when at two years old Cooper is a volunteer ambassador for Coeliac Victoria and Tasmania 5 References Edit a b c Jacqui Cooper Olympedia Retrieved 7 July 2020 Jumping Jac nails best win of all FOX Sports 26 February 2007 AUSOlympicTeam Twitter feed ABC Online Coeliac Victoria amp Tasmania CVT Ambassadors Jacqui Cooper Retrieved on 16 February 2018 External links EditJacqui Cooper official website nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to freestyle skiing in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jacqui Cooper amp oldid 1170120809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
