Anton Cooper (born 11 August 1994) is a New Zealand cross-country cyclist who races for the Trek Factory Racing XC Team. He is the 2015 World Under 23 Cross-country Mountain bike champion and the 2012 World Junior Cross-country Mountain bike champion. One of the two contenders for the country's 2016 Summer Olympics quota spot, he developed chronic fatigue earlier in 2016 and the nomination went to Sam Gaze instead.Cooper is from Woodend, a town in the Waimakariri District 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Christchurch. His parents are Paul and Laila Cooper, and he has several sisters. He received his education at Christchurch Boys' High School and he graduated in 2012. He has since moved to the Christchurch hill suburb Westmorland, not far from the Christchurch Adventure Park. Wikipedia