Team USASpeedskatingLong Track

Cooper McLeod

2023 World Championships

Athlete News

Fighting Back Time And Again, Cooper McLeod Continues Climbing Toward The Summit
A bicycle accident ahead of the 2022-23 long track season was just one more setback in a long list of them for Cooper McLeod. The challenges might have discouraged another athlete, but not McLeod, an endlessly cheerful 21-year-old originally from Kirkl...
Sep 12, 2023

Athlete Bio

US Speedskating

Height

5'11"

Birthday

Nov 7, 2001

Hometown

Kirkland, WA

Education

Salt Lake Community College

Personal

Cooper McLeod first stepped into skates at 10 months old at a roller rink and started competing when he was 3 years old. He made the move to ice when he was 8 years old and hasn't looked back since. His favorite skating moment of his career so far was breaking through and making his first World Cup team after years of almost making teams. He says the feeling was 'unmatched.' Outside of skating, Cooper loves to play music on guitar and if he wasn't skating he'd be pole vaulting, which he says is "super fun and just a little bit crazy so you feel like you are living on the edge."

World Championship Highlights

2023 World Championships - Team Sprint 6th; 1000m 10th; 500m 20th

National Team

A member of the Long Track National Team from 2022-24

Career Highlights

2022-23
- 2023 World Championships - Team Sprint 6th; 1000m 10th; 500m 20th
- World Cup 6 - Team Sprint 5th; 1000m 17th; 500m (B) 16th
- World Cup 5 - 1000m 15th; 500m (B) 4th
- World Cup 4 - Team Sprint 6th; 1000m 15th; 500m 20th
- World Cup 3 - 1000m 16th; 500m (B) 2nd
- World Cup 2 - Team Sprint Bronze; 1000m (B) 2nd; 500m (B) 7th
- World Cup 1 - 500m (B) 6th; 1000m (B) 8th
2021-22
- 2022 Long Track Olympic Team Trials - 500m Bronze; 1000m 6th; 1500m 16th
- 2021-22 World Cup #4 - (B) 500m (2) 5th; (B) 1000m 14th
- 2021-22 World Cup #3 - (B) 500m (1) 12th; (B) 500m (2) 13th; (B) 1000m 18th
- 2021-22 World Cup #2 - (B) 500m (2) 18th; (B) 500m (1) 21st; (B) 1000m 33rd
- 2021-22 World Cup #1 - 1000m 18th; (B) 500m (1) 7th; (B) 500m (2) 7th
- 2021 Fall World Cup Trails - 500m (1) 1st; 500m (2) 2nd; 1000m 2nd