{{short description|Australia field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Cooper Burns | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|3|6}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | position = Forward | years1 = 2022– | clubs1 = HC Melbourne | nationalyears1 = 2022–2023 | nationalteam1 = Australia U–21 | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 17 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior Oceania Cup}} {{MedalGold|2022 Canberra|}} {{MedalCompetition|Sultan of Johor Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Johor Bahru|}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Johor Bahru|}} }} '''Cooper Burns''' (born 6 March 2002)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1461/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Australia |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref> is a field hockey player from Australia.<ref name="HA">{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/news/burras-talent-enters-2024-national-mens-development-squad/ |title=Burras talent enters 2024 National Men's Development Squad |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |date=19 December 2024 |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Cooper Burns was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and grew up in Altona.<ref name="VIS">{{cite web |url=https://www.vis.org.au/athletes/cooper-burns |title=COOPER BURNS |publisher=Victorian Institute of Sport |website=vis.org.au |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref>
He is a scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport.<ref name="VIS"/>
==Career== ===Domestic league=== Burns currently plays club hockey for Altona Hockey Club in the Hockey Victoria Premier League competition.<ref name="AHC">{{cite web |url=https://www.altonahc.org.au/2024-australian-development-squad-and-2023-junior-world-cup/ |title=2024 Australian Development Squad and 2023 Junior World Cup |publisher=Altona Hockey Club |website=altonahc.org.au |date=12 January 2024 |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref> At national level, he represents HC Melbourne in the Liberty Hockey One League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/5895 |title=BURNS Cooper |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hockeyone.com.au/player/cooper-burns/ |title=Cooper Burns |publisher=Hockey One |website=hockeyone.com.au |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://maribyrnonghobsonsbay.starweekly.com.au/sport/burns-star-continues-to-rise/ |title=Burns’ star continues to rise |publisher=Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly |website=maribyrnonghobsonsbay.starweekly.com.au |date=26 September 2022 |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref>
===Under–21=== Burns made his international debut at under–21 level.<ref name="FIH">{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/28659 |title=BURNS Cooper |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref> He was a member of the silver medal winning Australian U–21 side, the Burras, at the 2022 Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/india-beat-australia-5-4-in-shootout-claim-3rd-sultan-of-johor-cup-crown/articleshow/95169078.cms#:~:text=JOHOR%20BAHRU%20(Malaysia)%3A%20Two,time%20in%20the%20title%20encounter. |title=India beat Australia 5–4 in shootout, claim 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup crown |publisher=Times of India |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=29 October 2022 |accessdate=14 November 2024}}</ref> Later that year he represented the team again, winning gold at the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/news/burras-and-jillaroos-go-undefeated-against-junior-black-sticks |title=Burras and Jillaroos go undefeated against Junior Black Sticks |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |date=14 December 2022 |accessdate=8 November 2024}}</ref>
In 2023 he represented the Burras again. He appeared at his second Sultan of Johor Cup, winning silver again, and made his final appearances for the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/hockey/2023/11/974885/germany-down-australia-sojc-final#google_vignette |title=Germany down Australia in SoJC final |publisher=New Straits Times |website=nst.com.my |date=5 November 2024 |accessdate=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/news/final-burras-team-confirmed-for-fih-junior-mens-world-cup |title=Final Burras team confirmed for FIH Junior Men’s World Cup |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |date=17 November 2024 |accessdate=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="AHC"/>
===Australia=== Before making his senior international debut for the Kookaburras, Burns was a member of the national development squad.<ref name="HA"/> Burns made his senior international debut with the Kookaburras in 2025. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Australia |first=Hockey |title=Mark Hager leads Kookaburras into a new era with competitive 2025 Squad |url=http://www.hockey.org.au/news/mark-hager-leads-kookaburras-into-a-new-era-with-2025-squad |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=www.hockey.org.au |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{FIH|28659}} *[https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/5895 Cooper Burns] at Hockey Australia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Cooper}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Australian men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey forwards Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen