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 Cooper at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Abbey D'Agostino |
| Born | May 25, 1992 Topsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 2.5 in (159 cm) |
| Weight | 104 lb (47 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Event(s) | 5,000m, 10,000 m, Cross country running |
| College team | Dartmouth Big Green |
| Club | New Balance Boston |
| Turned pro | 2014 |
| Coached by | Chris Layne |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | (52nd-2014) (25th-2015) (14th-2016) 5,000 meters |
| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 2:08.11 1500 m: 4:08.78 |
Abbey Cooper (née D'Agostino; born May 25, 1992) is an American middle- and long-distance runner.[2][3] Cooper is the most decorated Ivy League athlete in track and field and cross country running. She is the first Dartmouth female distance runner to win an NCAA title.[4][5] She won a total of seven NCAA titles (1 – cross country; 4 – indoor track; 2 – outdoor track) in her career. In 2014, she became a professional runner for New Balance.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she received considerable international media attention following an incident during a 5000m heat in which both she and New Zealander Nikki Hamblin fell. The two women helped each other finish the race and were allowed to compete in the final; however, Cooper had suffered a torn anterior crucial ligament and meniscus and wasn't able to participate further. Both athletes were praised for their sportsmanship and "Olympic spirit",[6] and were subsequently awarded the Rio 2016 Fair Play Award by the International Fair Play Committee.[7][8]
- ^ "USA Track & Field – Results – Full". Usatf.org. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "Abbey Cooper Twitter". Twitter. December 19, 2019.
- ^ "Abbey Cooper IAAF profile". IAAF. December 19, 2019.
- ^ Abbey D'AGOSTINO (August 16, 2016). "Profile of Abbey D'AGOSTINO". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ Lorge, Sarah (August 26, 2013). "Abbey D'Agostino's Unlikely Domination at Dartmouth | Runner's World". Runnersworld.com. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "A fall in the 5,000 delivers an uplifting moment". USA Today. August 16, 2016.
- ^ Fair Play Awards recognise true Olympic champions in sportsmanship – Olympic News. Olympic.org. Retrieved on August 27, 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Hamblin wins fair play award – Sport – NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.