Craig Cooper
Personal information
Birth name	Craig Richard Cooper
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1981-02-28)28 February 1981 (age 44) Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Handedness	Left[1]
Event	Men's singles & doubles
Medal record Men'sbadminton Representing New Zealand Oceania Championships 2006 Auckland Men's doubles 2008 Nouméa Mixed doubles 2004 Waitakere City Men's doubles 2006 Auckland Mixed doubles 2002 Suva Mixed doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2008 Nouméa Mixed team 2006 Auckland Mixed team 2004 Waitakere City Mixed team 2002 Suva Mixed team Oceania Women's Team Championships 2008 Nouméa Men's team 2006 Auckland Men's team 2004 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Craig Richard Cooper (born 28 February 1981)^[2] is a New Zealand badminton player who competed in the2006 Commonwealth Games and the2008 Summer Olympics.^[3][4]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Auckland,New Zealand	Geoffrey Bellingham	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	19–21, 13–15 Retired	Gold
2004	Waitakere City,New Zealand	Geoffrey Bellingham	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	11–15, 15–17	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Nouméa,New Caledonia	Renee Flavell	Henry Tam Donna Cranston	21–16, 19–21, 17–21	Silver
2006	Auckland,New Zealand	Renee Flavell	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	14–21, 24–22, 17–21	Bronze
2002	Suva,Fiji	Tammy Jenkins	Daniel Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen	3–7, 2–7, 7–5	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Waikato International	Joe Wu	Rei Sato Naomasa Senkyo	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Fiji International	Blair Rutherford	Ryan Fong Burty Molia	21–17, 19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2006	North Harbour International	Daniel Shirley	Henry Tam Joe Wu	21–11, 22–20	Winner
2005	Western Australia International	Geoffrey Bellingham	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	7–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2005	North Harbour International	Geoffrey Bellingham	Boyd Cooper Travis Denney	15–11, 15–6	Winner
2005	Waikato International	Geoffrey Bellingham	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	15–13, 15–8	Winner
2005	Australian International	Geoffrey Bellingham	Boyd Cooper Travis Denney	11–15, 17–14, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	Auckland International	Geoffrey Bellingham	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	1–15, 15–11, 13–15	Runner-up
2002	Auckland International	Chris Blair	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	10–15, 15–6, 5–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Victorian International	Renee Flavell	Murray Hocking Kate Wilson-Smith	22–20, 21–17	Winner
2007	Australian International	Renee Flavell	Aji Basuki Sindoro Peggy Lim	21–17, 26–24	Winner
2007	Fiji International	Renee Flavell	Ben Walklate Erin Carroll	17–21, 21–14, 21–12	Winner
2007	Samoa International	Renee Flavell	Ben Walklate Erin Carroll	21–4, 21–12	Winner
2006	Australian International	Renee Flavell	Daniel Shirley Joanne Quay	10–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2006	Waikato International	Renee Flavell	José Antonio Crespo Doriana Rivera	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2005	North Harbour International	Lianne Shirley	Daniel Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen	2–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	Waikato International	Lianne Shirley	Daniel Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen	4–15, 17–14, 7–15	Runner-up
2004	Canterbury International	Lianne Shirley	Hiroshi Shimizu Miyuki Tai	11–15, 15–10, 15–4	Winner
2004	New Zealand International	Lianne Shirley	Boyd Cooper Susan Dobson	15–7, 15–7	Winner
2001	Canberra International	Tammy Jenkins	Daniel Shirley Renee Flavell	5–7, 7–5, 1–7	Runner-up

 BWF International Challenge tournament

 BWF International Series tournament

 BWF Future Series tournament

• Craig Cooper atBWFBadminton.com
• Craig Cooper atBWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Craig Cooper atOlympics.com
• Craig Cooper at theNew Zealand Olympic Committee
• Craig Cooper atOlympedia

• Living people
• 1981 births
• Sportspeople from Wellington City
• New Zealand male badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for New Zealand
• Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games badminton players for New Zealand
• 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen

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• Short description matches Wikidata