British swimmer (born 1979)
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| Full name | Christopher Antony Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Cooky" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-05-05) 5 May 1979 (age 45) South Shields, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Cook specialises in the breaststroke, and took gold in the 50 and 100 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.
Living in Wallsend, he was coached by, Ian Oliver at the City of Newcastle Swimming Club. He competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008.
Personal bests and records held※
| Event | Long course | Short course |
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| 50 m breaststroke | 27.82 | 27.02 |
| 100 m breaststroke | 59.88 | 58.66 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.87 | 2:09.73 |
| Key NR:British | ||
References※
- ^ "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※
- British Swimming athlete profile
- British Olympic Association athlete profile
- Cook's bio from the 2008 Olympics.
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- 1979 births
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- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
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