# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/priya-cooper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:17:14.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/priya-cooper"
name: "Priya Cooper"
slug: "priya-cooper"
description: "Priya Naree Cooper, is an Australian world champion disabled swimmer, winning nine Paralympic gold medals as well as world records and world championships. She competed in the Australian swimming team at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Paralympics with an S8 classification. She was twice the co-captain of the Australian Paralympic team, including at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, and carried the Australian flag at the closing ceremonies for the 1992 and 1996 Summer Paralympics. Cooper has cerebral palsy and spends much of her time in a wheelchair. She attended university, working on a course in health management. After she ended her competitive Paralympic career, she became a commentator, and covered the swimming events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games."
tagline: "Australian Paralympic swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/141100_-_Swimming_Priya_Cooper_medal_podium_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_podium_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1974-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.974522292993631
  historical:           9.873434666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "प्रिया कुपर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "প্রিয়া কুপার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Priya Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priya_Cooper"
    title: "Priya Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Priya Cooper"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Priya Cooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump