Myrtle Cook
Appearance
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Women's athletics
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1928 Amsterdam | 4x100 m relay |
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Myrtle Alice Cook (also competed as Myrtle McGowan) (January 5, 1902 – March 18, 1985) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
Career
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she competed for Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands where she won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres with her team mates 100 m silver medalist Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m bronze medalist Ethel Smith and Jane Bell.
Cook equalled Betty Robinson's Women's 100m World Record on August 1, 1931. She died in Elora, Ontario in 1985.
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- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
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- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- People from Old Toronto
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- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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