Devon Cooper
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 2001 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Baldock Town BC (outdoor) Riverain BC (indoor) | ||||||||||||||
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Devon Cooper (born 2001) is a female English international outdoor and indoor bowler.[2]
Bowls career
Cooper won the English Junior National pairs title in 2018 and was runner-up the following year, bowling for Hertfordshire. Also in 2019, bowling with her pairs partner Rachael Tremlett, she won the 2019 British Isles Junior Pairs Championship and was subsequently nominated for the Bowls England Junior Woman Bowler of the Year.[1] In 2019, she was called up to make her English international debut for the BIWBC International Series[2] and won two bronze medals at the European Bowls Championships.[3]
Indoors, she became the youngest ever national pairs winner in 2016[4] and made her debut at the World Championships during the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship.[5] During the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship, she reached the women's singles semi finals after defeating the defending champion Julie Forrest in the first round.[6]
Personal life
Cooper is a student at Durham University.[7]
References
- ^ a b "2019 Club News". Baldock Town Bowls Club. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ a b Matt Wordingham (24 September 2019). "COOPER CALLED UP TO WOMEN'S SENIOR INTERNATIONAL TEAM". Bowls England. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "2019 results". Bowls Europe. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "EIBA national finals at Melton young guns take charge as records tumble". Melton Times. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "'Just' 2020 World Indoor Championships Open Singles Draw". World Bowls.
- ^ "Just 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championships". Potters Resort. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Devon Cooper beats defending champion at the 2021 'Just' Ladies Single World Matchplay quarter finals". Team Durham. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.