Chris Cook (swimmer)

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Chris Cook
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Antony Cook
Nickname"Cooky"
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1979-05-05) 5 May 1979 (age 44)
South Shields, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubCity of Newcastle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Trieste 4×50 m medley
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne [1] 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley

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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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

EventLong courseShort course
50 m breaststroke27.8227.02
100 m breaststroke59.88 NR 58.66
200 m breaststroke2:12.872:09.73
Key NR:British

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References

  1. "Swimming Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  2. "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.
  3. Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 50m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, March 19, 2006, retrieved December 17, 2006
  4. "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.
  5. British Olympics Association web site, Athens 2004 Team web page, retrieved December 17, 2006.
  6. "Swimming: I knew I could be the top dog, and I was right - The Journal". www.thejournal.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. "Olympian Chris Cook becomes swim teacher | Swim England blog". Swim England Qualifications. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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