Samuel Cooper (born 17 June 2001) is a Canadian volleyball player. He is a member of the Canadian national team and competed for Canada at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments as they qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
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 Cooper with Team Canada in 2023 | |||||||||
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||
| Born | 17 June 2001 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States | ||||||||
| Hometown | Hamilton, Ontario[1] | ||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||
| Spike | 357 cm (141 in)[2] | ||||||||
| Block | 325 cm (128 in)[2] | ||||||||
| College / University | McMaster University | ||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||
| Current club | Free Agent | ||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||
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Honours
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In 2024, Cooper won the Polish Men's Volleyball Cup as a member of Warta Zawiercie.
Personal life
editCooper was born on June 17, 2001 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Nathan and Carmen Cooper. He has four siblings - Aidan, Noah, Matthias, and Seth.
He is a close friend of Soren Cowie, Sabian Crosswell, Tadgh Taylor-McGreal, Max Gratton, Maurice El-Helhou, and cousins to Josiah Bosch.
Honours
editClub
edit- 2023–24
Polish Cup, with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
National
edit- 2022
Pan American Cup - 2023 NORCECA Championship
University
edit- 2019-20
Ontario University Athletics - 2021-22
Ontario University Athletics - 2022-23 U Sports
- 2022-23 Ontario University Athletics
References
edit- ^ "Samuel Cooper". Volleyball Canada. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Volleybox profile". Volleybox. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Coghe, Yuri (6 October 2023). "Canadian men outlast the Netherlands in volleyball Olympic qualification tournament opener". CBC Sports. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
Samuel Cooper at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Samuel Cooper at Volleyball-Bundesliga (in German)
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