{{Short description|British triathlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Sarah Coope | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | full_name = Sarah Coope | nickname = | nationality = British | birth_date = | birth_place = | height_cm = | weight_kg = | spouse = | partner = Glenn Cook | website = | country = Great Britain | sport = Triathlon | club = | coach = | turnedpro = | retired = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{UK}}}} {{MedalSport|Women's Triathlon}} {{MedalCompetition|ETU Triathlon Championships}} {{MedalGold|ETU European Championships|1987 Marseille | Elite}} {{MedalCompetition|ETU European Middle Distance Triathlon Championships}} {{MedalGold|ETU Middle Distance Triathlon Championships|1987 Roth | Elite}} {{MedalGold|ETU Middle Distance Triathlon Championships|1988 Stein | Elite}} {{MedalSilver|ETU Middle Distance Triathlon Championships|1986 Brasschaat | Elite}} {{MedalCompetition|ETU Long Distance Triathlon Championships}} {{MedalGold|ETU Long Distance Triathlon Championships|1987 Joroinen | Elite}} {{MedalGold|ETU Long Distance Triathlon Championships|1989 Rodekro | Elite}} {{MedalBronze|ETU Triathlon Championships|1987 Milton Keynes | Elite}} {{MedalCompetition|ETU Duathlon Championships}} {{MedalGold|ETU Duathlon Championships|1991 Birmingham | Elite}} {{MedalCompetition|Ironman World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|Ironman World Championships|1991 Hawaii | Elite}} }}
'''Sarah Coope''' is a British former professional triathlete and current triathlon coach.
==Triathlon career== From 1985 to 1989 Coope competed in eight European Triathlon Union (ETU).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://etu.triathlon.org/|title=European Triathlon Union|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=Triathlon.org}}</ref> sanctioned races, before participating in the inaugural International Triathlon Union (ITU) Triathlon World Championships in Avignon, placing 12th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/events/start_list/1989_avignon_itu_triathlon_world_championships/2803|title=Start List: Elite Women • 1989 Avignon ITU Triathlon World Championships|first=International Triathlon|last=Union|website=Triathlon.org}}</ref> She was one of two British female triathletes at the race, with her compatriot Cathy Bow finishing 24th.
She went on to compete internationally until 1992, and is considered the most victorious British triathlete of the 1980s,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishtriathlon.org/about-us/gold-pin-award/sarah-coope|title=Sarah Coope|website=www.britishtriathlon.org}}</ref> taking the title of ETU European Triathlon Champion five times at three different distances, standard, middle and long.
She also became the European duathlon champion in 1991.
She moved to long-course triathlon in the latter years of her career, placing third woman overall at the 1991 Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teambodyworks.com/sarah/|title=Sarah Coope – Team Bodyworks | #TeamBW|website=www.teambodyworks.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-sports.org/triathlon-ironman-world-championships-results-1991-women-epf8058.html|title=Triathlon : Ironman World Championships 1991 - Results Women|website=www.the-sports.org}}</ref>
==Post triathlon career== Coope now runs a coaching business in Eastbourne, Team Bodyworks, with her partner Glenn Cook, a fellow highly successful former triathlete, Team GB coach and Olympic selector.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teambodyworks.com/aspire-pathway/|title=Aspire Pathway – Team Bodyworks | #TeamBW|website=www.teambodyworks.com}}</ref>
==Personal life== Coope lives with her partner in Eastbourne.
They have four daughters together: Chloe Cook is a professional triathlete competing within the ITU and at Ironman 70.3 distances, Ysabel cook, Grace cook and her younger sister Beth is also an aspiring triathlete with a number of successes in the junior ranks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/sport/eastbournes-cross-country-champion-and-triathlete-has-olympic-ambition-133618|title=Eastbourne’s Cross Country champion and triathlete has Olympic ambition}}</ref>
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