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| Birth name | Arnold Vivian Cooke | |||||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1941 Ruthin, Denbighshire [1] | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club Nottingham & Union Rowing Club | |||||||||||
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Arnold Vivian Cooke (born 13 April 1941) is a retired Welsh born, British rower who competed in the 1964 Olympics.
Cooke rowed in the boat race in 1963 for CUBC
Cooke was selected to compete for Great Britain in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. He rowed with Peter Webb in the men's double sculls, finishing in seventh place. [2] He won a silver medal in the 1964 European Rowing Championships. [3] Two years later in 1966 represented Britain again at the 1966 World Rowing Championships but this time partnering Nick Cooper in the double sculls, they finished in 9th place overall after a third-place finish in the B final. [4] [5] [6]
Cooke is the president of the Minerva Bath Rowing Club. [7]
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