Christopher Anthony Cook (born 5 May 1979) is an English former competitive swimmer who swam for Great Britain in the Olympics, world championships and European championships, and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games.[2]
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| Full name | Christopher Antony Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Cooky" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1979 South Shields, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cook specialises in the breaststroke, and took gold in the 50[3] and 100[4] metre finals representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He has also competed for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[5]
Living in Wallsend, he was coached by Ian Oliver at the City of Newcastle Swimming Club.[6] He competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008.[7]
Personal bests and records held
edit| Event | Long course | Short course |
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| 50 m breaststroke | 27.82 | 27.02 |
| 100 m breaststroke | 59.88 NR | 58.66 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.87 | 2:09.73 |
| Key NR:British | ||
References
edit- ^ "Swimming Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- ^ "Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games web site, Christopher Cook biography, retrieved December 17, 2006". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
- ^ Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 50m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, March 19, 2006, retrieved December 17, 2006
- ^ "Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 100m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, March 18, 2006, retrieved December 17, 2006". Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
- ^ British Olympics Association web site, Athens 2004 Team web page, retrieved December 17, 2006.
- ^ "Swimming: I knew I could be the top dog, and I was right - The Journal". www.thejournal.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Olympian Chris Cook becomes swim teacher | Swim England blog". Swim England Qualifications. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
External links
edit- British Swimming athlete profile
- British Olympic Association athlete profile
- Cook's bio from the 2008 Olympics.
He is currently on a UK school tour.
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