Cooper McLeod
United States
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSUSA10711200101 | |
| NOC | United States | |
| Born | 07 Nov 2001
in  Mount Vernon, WA | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | West Jordan, UT, USA | |
| Higher education | Business - Salt Lake Community College: United States | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.59 | 10 Dec 2022 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:07.72 | 22 Oct 2022 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 1:47.68 | 21 Oct 2022 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 7:08.26 | 24 Jan 2021 | Milwaukee, WI |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Puget Sound Speedskating Club: Tacoma, WA, USA |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Music, baking. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Injuries | At age eight he broke both arms after crashing into the wall at the ice rink. He was in a cast for six weeks. (kirklandreporter.com, 07 Oct 2015) | |
| Other sports | He has competed in roller speed skating at national level in the United States of America. (kirklandreporter.com, 07 Oct 2015) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | He became interested in skating on ice after watching the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and friends of his family owned a skating rink. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Coach Chang Lee. (teamusa.org, 07 Nov 2015) | |
| Awards and honours | At age 14 he was named Long Track Male Junior Development Skater of the Year by US Speedskating. (teamusa.org, 07 Nov 2015) In 2008 and 2014 he was named Northwest Regional Inline Skater of the Year in the United States of America. (kirklandreporter.com, 07 Oct 2015) In July 2011 he was named SportsKid of the Month by Sports Illustrated Kids Magazine. (kirklandreporter.com, 07 Oct 2015) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Chang Lee [club]; Ryan Shimabukuro [national], USA | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating at 11 months old and entered his first inline skating competition at age three. He took up short track and speed skating on ice at age eight. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "True success comes from increasing your effort to meet your imagination, not decreasing your imagination to meet your effort." (Facebook profile, 03 May 2022) | |
| Other information | HIATUS He took some time away from the sport during the 2019/20 season. "I was having a frustrating time with skating because I hadn't made the [junior national] team, even though I came close a few times in a row. I needed a break from everything, just having been skating for so long. Training and coming back was really hard [for the 2020/21 season]. I was so out of shape." (teamusa.org, 05 Apr 2021) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/cooper.mcleod.378 | twitter.com/supercooperusa |
General Interest
General Interest
| Memorable sporting achievement | Making his first World Cup team. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 6 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 10 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 20 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2022/2023 | Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 17 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 25 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 33 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 35 | |||