Chris Cook (swimmer)
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| Full name | Christopher Anthony Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Chris" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 5, 1979 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.[2]
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 is coached by Ian Oliver at the City of Newcastle Swimming Club. He maintains a friendly rivalry with James Gibson and Darren Mew, who compete in the same events.[citation needed] He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m breaststroke event.
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 NR | 58.66 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.87 | 2:09.73 |
| Key NR:British | ||
References
- ^ "Swimming Schedule and Results". Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games web site, Christopher Cook biography, retrieved December 17, 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
- ^ British Olympics Association web site, Athens 2004 Team web page, retrieved December 17, 2006.
External links
- British Swimming athlete profile
- British Olympic Association athlete profile
- Cook's bio from the 2008 Olympics.
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from South Shields
- English male swimmers
- Male breaststroke swimmers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
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