About Anton Cooper
Anton Cooper is a New Zealand cross-country cyclist who races for the Trek Factory Racing XC Team. He is the 2015 World Under 23 Cross-country Mountain bike champion and the 2012 World Junior Cross-country Mountain bike champion. One of the two contenders for the country's 2016 Summer Olympics quota spot, he developed chronic fatigue earlier in 2016 and the nomination went to Sam Gaze instead. Cooper represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing sixth in the Men's Cross-country Mountain Bike final. Cooper is the first New Zealander who won a world championship in cross country cycling, and it was his last race before he turned professional. Cooper then became Under 23 Cross-country world champion at the 2015 World mountain bike championships in Andorra. Cooper's 2016 World Cup races were upset by him developing chronic fatigue, with him first recognising symptoms in February 2016. Before receiving professional sponsorship, he was discovered as a strong talent by Christchurch adventure racers Steve Moffatt and Steve Gurney, who organised financial support from various business people.
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