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Full name | Geoffrey Turner Cooke | ||||||||||||||
Born | Manchester, England | 26 July 1944||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bushhealthcare | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
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1960–2014 | Nottingham Phoenix, Long Eaton CC, Beeston RC, Velo Club Europa, Raleigh Factory Racing, Cycling4life – Jaguar, Sherwood Pines – Bush Healthcare | ||||||||||||||
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Geoff Cooke (born 26 July 1944) is a British cycling coach. He was a BCF National Cycling Coach from 1979 to 1989, a BC National Youth Sprint Coach from 2003 to 2009.[ citation needed ]
Cooke was born in Crumpsall, Manchester. He competed in the Sprint and Tandem Sprint events at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. [1] [2] Cooke represented England at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, where he won the Gold medal in the tandem sprint event. [3] Along with winning the Commonwealth Championship he has won World Masters titles 46 times including winning the sprint championship for seven consecutive years between 1996 and 2002, [4] and 64 times national champion. [5]
Cooke broke the European record in the 500m TT for riders aged 60–64, whilst on the way to winning the gold medal at the 2008 European Masters Track Cycling Championships, with a new time of 37.244 seconds. [6] Cooke retained his title in 2009, albeit in the 65–69 age category, he also won the sprint and later on the same year took gold in the sprint and 500m TT and silver in the scratch race at the World Masters Track Championships in Sydney. [7]
He held the post of British Cycling's national cycling coach for 10 years, 1979-1989.
Between 2006 and 2009, Cooke took part in the reality TV show The Games as a cycling coach to the participating celebrities. [8] [9]
Cooke was also involved in coaching cycling for DARE UK. [10]
Winner Nottingham Track League
Winner Nottingham Track League
Winner of the 'Leon Meredith Shield' as overall UK Track Champion
500m Time Trial
2024
National Masters Track Championships Newport
World masters Track Championships Roubaix France
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