James Cooke (born 3 March 1991) is a British

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

. Cooke is both the 2018 World and 2019 European champion in the individual event, and the 2019 European Champion in the Team event with Tom Toolis and

Joe Choong Joseph Choong (born 23 May 1995) is a British modern pentathlete. He won the gold medal in the event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the World title in 2022. Early life Choong was born in Orpington, South East London to a Malaysian Chinese fat ...

. In 2022 Cooke announced about his retirement as pentathlete and new career as the head coach for Greek modern pentathlon national team.

Career

Cooke competed at the

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, in the men's event, where he finished 14th. At the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in

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, Cooke overtook Valentin Prades who had celebrated too early to finish in first place. He also won a team silver together with

and Myles Pillage. In 2019, at the European Championships held in

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, Cooke won a gold in the individual event. He also won a team gold with Choong and Tom Toolis. In 2021, Cooke competed at the delayed

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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in the Men's event. He finished 9th in the event won by his teammate

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* * 1991 births Living people British male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Great Britain Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Team Bath pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon coaches {{UK-athletics-bio-stub