Garry Cook

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Garry Cook
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 Helsinki 4x400 m relay
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Edmonton 4 x 400 relay

Garry Peter Cook (born 10 January 1958) is a former British track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres with a best time of 1:44.55 minutes.

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Athletics career

He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his teammates Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett and Philip Brown. He was a world record holder in the rarely run 4×800 m relay as a part of a quartet that also contained Peter Elliott, Steve Cram and Sebastian Coe. They ran a time of 7 minutes 3.89 seconds on 30 August 1982 at Crystal Palace.

He represented England in the 800 metres event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [1] Four years later he represented England and won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, he also competed in the 800 metres event. [2] [3]

Personal life

After a successful athletics career, Cook qualified and has since practiced as a teacher specialising in Physical Education and Geography. He is married to former fellow Olympian Kathy Cook; they have three children, Sarah (1988), Matthew (1989) and George (1992) and reside in Walsall, England.

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References

  1. "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  2. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.