Gemma Cooper
Great Britain
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Great Britain | |
| Born | 17 Jan 1987
in  Nottingham | |
| Gender | Women |
| Residence | Nottingham, ENG | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English | |
| Higher education | Biomedical Science - University of Nottingham: England |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 42.44 | 20 Nov 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:22.64 | 12 Feb 2022 |  Inzell |
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| 1500m | 2:04.13 | 20 Nov 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 3000m | 4:17.30 | 03 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 7:42.40 | 10 Feb 2019 |  Heerenveen |
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Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/gemma.cooper.9400 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "One thing I really like is the tactics behind the racing. I'm not a sprinter myself, I'm more of a distance skater, so tactics really come into the races that I prefer." | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up short track in 2006 in Nottingham, England, and got involved in speed skating in 2014 in Inzell, Germany. She began focusing solely on speed skating in 2017. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (GB Longtrack Speed Skating Facebook page, 03 Jul 2018) | |
| Most influential person in career | Her mother. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2019) | |
| Other information | FURTHER EDUCATION She has a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Nottingham in England. (Instagram profile, 02 Nov 2020; mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk, 27 Nov 2013) |
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| Memorable sporting achievement | Qualifying to compete in World Cup events after only one year of training in speed skating. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2019) | |
| Other sports | She competed in short track at the 2009 Winter World University Games in Harbin, People's Republic of China. (fisu.net, 19 Feb 2009) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 8 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Mass Start | 9 | |||
| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 14 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 17 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 22 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2020/2021 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 13 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 22 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 28 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 3000m | 30 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 31 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 50 | |||