Devon Cooper

{{short description|English bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Devon Cooper | image = | image_size =  | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British (English) | citizenship = | residence = | birth_date = August 2001 <ref name=BB>{{cite web |title= 2019 Club News |url= https://www.baldockbowls.co.uk/2019-news.html |publisher=Baldock Town Bowls Club|date=4 November 2019 |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | yearsactive = | website = | country = | sport = | event = | league = | league_type = | employer = | agent = | height = | weight = | universityteam = | club = Baldock Town BC (outdoor) <br /> Riverain BC (indoor) | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | coaching = | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2019 Guernsey | pairs }} {{MedalBronze | 2019 Guernsey | team }} }} '''Devon Cooper''' (born 2001) is a female English international outdoor and indoor bowler.<ref name=BowlsEng>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/womens-senior-internationals-2020/|title=COOPER CALLED UP TO WOMEN'S SENIOR INTERNATIONAL TEAM|publisher=Bowls England|date=24 September 2019|author=Matt Wordingham |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>

==Bowls career== Cooper won the English Junior National pairs title in 2018 and was runner-up the following year, bowling for Hertfordshire. Also in 2019, bowling with her pairs partner Rachael Tremlett, she won the 2019 British Isles Junior Pairs Championship and was subsequently nominated for the Bowls England Junior Woman Bowler of the Year.<ref name=BB/> In 2019, she was called up to make her English international debut for the BIWBC International Series<ref name=BowlsEng/> and won two bronze medals at the European Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlseurope.com/ebu-team-championships-2019/|title=2019 results|date=24 September 2021 |publisher=Bowls Europe|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>

Indoors, she became the youngest ever national pairs winner in 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meltontimes.co.uk/sport/eiba-national-finals-melton-young-guns-take-charge-records-tumble-2164520|title=EIBA national finals at Melton young guns take charge as records tumble|work=Melton Times|date=12 April 2016 |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> and made her debut at the World Championships during the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/just-2020-open-singles-draw/|title='Just' 2020 World Indoor Championships Open Singles Draw|publisher=World Bowls}}</ref> During the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship, she reached the women's singles semi finals after defeating the defending champion Julie Forrest in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pottersholidays.com/world-bowls/world-bowls-championships-matches/|title=Just 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championships|publisher=Potters Resort|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life== Cooper is a student at Durham University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Devon Cooper beats defending champion at the 2021 'Just' Ladies Single World Matchplay quarter finals|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/teamdurham/news/?itemno=43642 |access-date=22 August 2021 |work=Team Durham |date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

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