Athletics career
He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his teammates Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett and Phil Brown (athlete), Philip Brown. He was a world record holder in the rarely run 4×800 m relay as a part of a quartet that also contained Peter Elliott (athlete), Peter Elliott, Steve Cram and Sebastian Coe. They ran a time of 7 minutes 3.89 seconds on 30 August 1982 at Crystal Palace. He represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, England in the 800 metres event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Four years later he represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, England and won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, he also competed in the 800 metres event.Personal life
After a successful athletics career, Cook qualified and has since practiced as a teacher specialising in Physical Education and Geography. He is married to former fellow Olympian Kathy Cook; they have three children, Sarah (1988), Matthew (1989) and George (1992) and reside in Walsall, England.References
* 1958 births Living people English male sprinters English male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade {{England-athletics-bio-stub