Christopher Anthony Cook (born 5 May 1979) is an English former competitive
swimmer
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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
Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...
, and took gold in the 50 and 100 metre finals representing
England
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at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
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in
Melbourne
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. He has also competed for
Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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.
Living in
Wallsend
Wallsend is a town in North Tyneside, England, at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 43,842 and lies east of Newcastle upon Tyne.
History Roman Wallsend
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, he was coached by Ian Oliver at the City of
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Swimming Club. He competed at the Olympic Games in
2004 and
2008
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.
Personal bests and records held
References
External links
British Swimming athlete profileBritish Olympic Association athlete profileCook's biofrom the 2008 Olympics.
He is currently on a UK school tour.
1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from South Shields
English male swimmers
British 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 for Great Britain
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Universiade medalists in swimming
Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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