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Margaret Cooper Personal information Full name Margaret Joyce Cooper Nationality British Born 18 April 1909
Troup, CeylonDied 22 July 2002 (aged 93)
Chichester, West SussexSport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle and backstroke Club Mermaid Swimming Club Medal recordCompetitor for 
Great BritainOlympic Games Silver 1928 Amsterdam 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1928 Amsterdam 100 m freestyle Bronze 1928 Amsterdam 100 m backstroke Bronze 1932 Los Angeles 4×100 m freestyle European Championships Gold 1927 Bologna 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1927 Bologna 100 m freestyle Silver 1931 Paris 400 m freestyle Silver 1931 Paris 100 m backstroke Silver 1931 Paris 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1931 Paris 100 m freestyle Competitor for 
EnglandBritish Empire Games Gold 1930 Hamilton 100 yd freestyle Gold 1930 Hamilton 400 yd freestyle Gold 1930 Hamilton 100 yd backstroke Gold 1930 Hamilton 4×100 yd freestyle Margaret Joyce Cooper (later Badcock, 18 April 1909 – 22 July 2002) was a British swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.
Biography
She was born in Ceylon and died in Chichester. She was married with British rower John Badcock.
In the 1928 Olympics she won the silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and bronze medals in the 100 m freestyle event and 100 m backstroke event.
Four years later she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and was fourth in the 400 m freestyle event and sixth in the 100 m backstroke event. She also was fourth in her semifinal of 100 m freestyle competition and did not advance.
References
- sports-reference
- "Joyce Cooper; Obituary". The Times. 2002-07-26. p. 32.
- "British Olympic Association > Athletes > Margaret Joyce Cooper". http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=4612. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- "British Olympic Association > Athletes > Joyce Cooper". http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=4525. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
Commonwealth Champions in Women's 100 m Freestyle 1930 – 1934: 100 yards • 1938 – 1966: 110 yards • 1970 – 2010: 100 metres1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) • 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN) • 1938: Evelyn de Lacy (AUS) • 1950: Marjorie McQuade (AUS) • 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS) • 1958 – 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS) • 1966: Marion Lay (CAN) • 1970: Angela Coughlan (CAN) • 1974: Sonya Gray (AUS) • 1978: Carol Klimpel (CAN) • 1982: June Croft (ENG) • 1986: Jane Kerr (CAN) • 1990: Karen van Wirdum (AUS) • 1994: Karen Pickering (ENG) • 1998: Sue Rolph (ENG) • 2002: Jodie Henry (AUS) • 2006: Lisbeth Lenton (AUS) • 2010: Alicia Coutts (AUS)
Commonwealth Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle 1930: 400 yards • 1934 – 1966: 440 yards • 1970 – 2010: 400 metres1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) • 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN) • 1938: Dorothy Green (AUS) • 1950: Joan Harrison (SAF) • 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS) • 1958: Ilsa Konrads (AUS) • 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS) • 1966: Kathy Wainwright (AUS) • 1970: Karen Moras (AUS) • 1974: Jenny Turrall (AUS) • 1978 – 1982: Tracey Wickham (AUS) • 1986: Sarah Hardcastle (ENG) • 1990 – 1994: Hayley Lewis (AUS) • 1998: Susie O'Neill (AUS) • 2002: Rebecca Cooke (ENG) • 2006: Caitlin McClatchey (SCO) • 2010: Rebecca Adlington (ENG)
Commonwealth Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke 1930 – 1934: 100 yards • 1938 – 1966: 110 yards • 1970 – 2010: 100 metres1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) • 1934: Phyllis Harding (ENG) • 1938: Pat Norton (AUS) • 1950: Judy-Joy Davies (AUS) • 1954: Joan Harrison (SAF) • 1958: Judy Grinham (ENG) • 1962: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) • 1966: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) • 1970: Lynne Watson (AUS) • 1974: Wendy Cook (CAN) • 1978: Debra Forster (AUS) • 1982: Lisa Forrest (AUS) • 1986: Sylvia Hume (NZL) • 1990: Nicole Livingstone (AUS) • 1994: Nicole Stevenson (AUS) • 1998: Giaan Rooney (AUS) • 2002: Sarah Price (ENG) • 2006: Sophie Edington (AUS) • 2010: Emily Seebohm (AUS)
European Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1927: Great Britain (Laverty, Davies, King, Cooper) • 1931: Netherlands (Bouwmeester, Vierdag, Den Ouden, Braun) • 1934: Netherlands (Selbach, Timmermans, Mastenbroek, Den Ouden) • 1938: Denmark (Riise, Kraft, Ove-Petersen, Hveger) • 1947: Denmark (Svendsen, Harup, Andersen, Nathansen) • 1950: Netherlands (Masser, Termeulen, Linssen-Vaessen, Schuhmacher) • 1954: Hungary (Gyenge, Sebő, Temes, Szőke) • 1958: Netherlands (Schimmel, Lagerberg, Kraan, Gastelaars) • 1962: Netherlands (Gastelaars, Lasterie, Terpstra, Tigelaar) • 1966: Soviet Union (Sipchenko, Rudenko, Ustinova, Sosnova) • 1970: East Germany (Wetzko, Komar, Sehmisch, Schulze) • 1974: East Germany (Ender, Franke, Eife, Hübner) • 1977: East Germany (Treiber, Wächtler, Priemer, Krause) • 1981: East Germany (Meineke, Metschuck, Diers, Link) • 1983: East Germany (Otto, Link, Sirch, Meineke) • 1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich) • 1987: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Otto, Meißner) • 1989: East Germany (Meißner, Stellmach, Hunger, Friedrich) • 1991: Netherlands (Van der Plaats, De Bruijn, Mastenbroek, Brienesse) • 1993: Germany (Van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger) • 1995: Germany (Van Almsick, Osygus, Kielgass, Hunger) • 1997: Germany (Meißner, Osygus, Buschschulte, Völker) • 1999: Germany (Meißner, Buschschulte, Van Almsick, Völker) • 2000: Sweden (Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Kammerling, Alshammar) • 2002: Germany (Meißner, Dallmann, Völker, Van Almsick) • 2004: France (Figuès, Couderc, Mongel, Metella) • 2006: Germany (Dallmann, Götz, Steffen, Liebs) • 2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis) • 2010: Germany (Samulski, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
Categories:- 1909 births
- 2002 deaths
- English swimmers
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Female backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Swimmers at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- British swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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