Pernell Cooper (June 28, 1963 – January 27, 2016) was an American Paralympic powerlifter. He competed at two

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disability, disabilities. There are Winter Paralympic Games, Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 ...

and was a Paralympic champion at the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was the last time that the Summer Paralympics were organized by two different Organ ...

and a bronze medalist at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Pernell 1963 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Atlanta Paralympic powerlifters for the United States Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Powerlifters at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Powerlifters at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in powerlifting Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery