John Cooke (sport shooter)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Dartford, Kent, England | 17 March 1939
Died | 9 April 2008[1] | (aged 69)
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Sport | Sports shooting |
Medal record |
John Patrick Cooke (17 March 1939 – 9 April 2008) was a British sports shooter.
Shooting career
Cooke competed at the 1972, 1976 and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2] He represented England in the rapid fire pistol and the 50 metres free pistol, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[3][4] Four years later he represented England and won a silver medal in the rapid fire pistol, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[5] A third Commonwealth Games appearance for England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia resulted in a gold medal in the centre fire pistol, double bronze medals in the rapid fire pistol and centre fire pistol pairs with John Gough.[6][7]
References
- ^ John Cooke at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ "Olympic profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
Categories:
- 1939 births
- 2008 deaths
- British male sport shooters
- Olympic shooters of Great Britain
- Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Dartford
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Shooters at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- British sport shooting biography stubs