Great Olympians

Biographies - COO

Alice Maxine Cook

B. 1955-11-30, Lansing, Mich., USA
Figure Skating

	1976	HP
Pairs	12th	50
		50

Arthur Edwin "Art" Cook

B. 1928-03-19, Washington, DC, USA
Shooting (1 gold)

	1948	HP
Men's Small−Bore Rifle	gold	9600
		9600

Bjørn Francis Cook

B. 1917-04-11, Trondheim, Norway; D. 2003-09-30
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1948	HP
Men's Welterweight (-73 kg)	7th	600
		600

Bob Cook

B. 1905-10-03, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1963
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1928	HP
Men's Welterweight (-72 kg)	BrSF	960
		960

Ellwood Eugene "Butch" Cook

B. 1930-01-12, St. Louis, MO, USA
Football

	1952	HP
Men's Team	QR	0.595
		0.595

Ed Cook

Olympic Competitor nr 4422

1908-07-22-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Long Jump, qualifying - fourth (1800)
1908-07-24-11:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Pole Vault, qualifying - first (Q)
1908-07-24-17:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Pole Vault, final - first (7200)

Garry Peter Cook

B. 1958-01-10, Wednesbury, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field (1 silver)

	1984	HP
Men's 4x400 m Relay	silver	1000
		1000

James Cook

B. 1952-08-18, represented Australia
Sailing

	1984	HP
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman)	15th	12.5
		12.5

Joseph Cook

Olympic Competitor nr 3571

1908-07-14-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Individual combined (7 events), day one
1908-07-15-14:30 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Individual combined (7 events), day two - AC

Myrtle Cook

B. 1902-01-05, Toronto, Ont., Canada; D. 1985-03-18
Athletics - Track & Field (1 gold)

	1928	HP
Women's 100 m	FI:dq	640
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay	gold	1600
		2240

Natalie Cook

B. 1975-01-19, Townsville, Qld, Australia
Beach Volleyball (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	HP
Women's Doubles	bronze	gold	fourth	QF	19th	17397.93125
						17397.93125

Robert James Cook

B. 1932-10-11, represented Bermuda
Aquatics - Swimming

	1948	1952	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle		R1:54th	0.00000016
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:37th	R1:44th	0.000416
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle		R1:31st	0.0064
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay	R1:14th		4
			4.00681616

Arthur Leonard "Rusty" Cook

B. 1912-04-20, represented Australia
Boxing

	1936	HP
Men's Welterweight (-66.7 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Theodore Andrea Cook

Olympic Competitor nr 6989

1920-04-23-00:00 - Art Competitions - Literature - silver (6000)

Anthony 'Tony' Cook

B. 1936-09-18, from Glen Huntly, Vict., represented Australia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:5th	2.29
Men's 10000 metres	8th	256
Men's Marathon	52nd	-6.60
		258.2900006

Wendy Hogg

B. 1956-09-15, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Aquatics - Swimming (1 bronze)

	1972	1976	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	15th		10
Women's 100 m Backstroke	fifth	fourth	2600
Women's 200 m Backstroke	11th	8th	320
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	7th		100
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	7th	bronze	740
			3770

Arnold Vivian Cooke

B. 1941-04-13, represented Great Britain
Rowing

	1964	HP
Men's Double Sculls	7th	500
		500

Cecil George Cooke

B. 1923-05-31, Nassau, the Bahamas; D. 1983-05-01
Sailing (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Two−Person Keelboat (Star)	gold	8000
		8000

Clemmy Cooke

Olympic Competitor nr 5982

1912-07-08-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, round one - ran alone (Q)
1912-07-08-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 4x100 m Relay, semifinals - DQ (270)
1912-07-10-10:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-10-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 200 m, semifinals - second (170)

Edward Cooke

Olympic Competitor nr 3793

1908-07-15-14:30 - Swimming - 200 m Breaststroke, round one - fourth (0.191)
1908-07-17-16:15 - Swimming - 100 m Free-style, round one - AC (0.304)

Emma C. Cooke

B. 1848-09-07, Fayetteville, Penn., USA; D. 1929-01-22
Archery (2 silver)

	1904	HP
Women's Double Columbia Round	silver	3000
Women's Double National Round	silver	3000
		6000

Olympic Competitor nr 2223

1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double Columbia Round - women - second (3000)
1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double National Round - women - second (3000)

Geoffrey "Geoff" Cooke

B. 1944-07-26, Manchester, England, Great Britain
Cycling - Track

	1972	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep2:3rd	0.041
Men's Tandem	RepFI:3rd	125
		125.041

George Campbell Cooke

B. 1906-03-17, Wellington, New Zealand; D. 1941-05-23
Rowing

	1932	HP
Men's Eights	Rep.:2nd	410
		410

George Edwin Cooke

B. 1883-02-17, St. Louis, MO, USA; D. 1969-06-03
Football (1 bronze)

	1904	HP
Men's Team	bronze	960
		960

Olympic Competitor nr 2359

1904-11-17-15:00? - Football - match two - lost
1904-11-18-15:00? - Football - match three - drew
1904-11-23-15:00? - Football - match three, replay - lost - final classification - third (960)

Gloria Cooke-Wigney

B. 1934-11-17, Stanmore, NSW, Australia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	1960	HP
Women's 80 metres Hurdles	sixth	R1:4th	641.014
			641.014

Harold Cooke

B. 1895, Schackerstone, England, Great Britain; D. 1966
Hockey (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Harold "Harry" Cooke

B. 1907-05-29, represented Great Britain; D. 1986-04
Fencing

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Foil, Team	SF:3rd	QF:3rd	273
			273

Ian Cooke

B. 1952-03-06, represented Australia
Hockey (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

James Bryden Cooke

B. 1935-02-27, Christchurch, New Zealand, represented Singapore
Sailing

	1960	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	25th	0.1
		0.1

John Patrick Cooke (1)

B. 1937-04-09, Ansonia, Conn., USA; D. 2005-12-26
Rowing (1 gold)

	1956	HP
Men's Eights	gold	3200
		3200

John Patrick Cooke (2)

B. 1939-03-17, Dartford, England, Great Britain; D. 2008-04-09
Shooting

	1972	1976	1980	1984	HP
Rapid-Fire Pistol	19th	31st			2.7936
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol				23rd	2.7936
					2.7936

Nicole Cooke

B. 1983-04-13, Swansea, Wales, Great Britain
Cycling, Road (1 gold)

2004 2008 HP

Road Race fifth gold 11500

Time Trial 19th 15th 17.4

11517.4

	2004	2008	HP
Road Race	fifth	gold	11500
Time Trial	19th	15th	17.4
			11517.4

Peter Cooke

B. 1924-09-23, represented Kenya; D. 2001-12-27
Sailing

	1964	HP
One−Person Dinghy (Finn)	24th	0.24
		0.24

Thomas Joseph "Tom" Cooke

B. 1885-08-22, St. Louis, MO, USA; D. 1964-07-15
Football (1 bronze)

	1904	HP
Men's Team	bronze	960
		960

Olympic Competitor nr 2360

1904-11-17-15:00? - Football - match two - lost
1904-11-18-15:00? - Football - match three - drew - final classification - third (720)

John Cookman

B. 1909-09-02, Englewood, NJ, USA; D. 1982-08-19
Ice Hockey (1 silver)

	1932	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Franciscus L. "Frans" Cools

B. 1918-02-17, London, Great Britain, represented Belgium; D. 1999-09-03
Track Cycling

	1936	HP
Men's 1000m Time Trial	12th	60
Men's Tandem Sprint	QF	717.5
Men's Team Pursuit	fifth	750
		1527.5

Jan Albert Alice Cools

B. 1918-10-01, Antwerpen, Belgium
Freestyle Wrestling & Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1948	1952	HP
FR Men's Lightweight (-67 kg)	10th	8th	534
GR Men's Lightweight (-67 kg)		12th	60
			594

Hubert Coomans

B. 1914-07-20, Herstal, Belgium
Canoeing - Canadian Sprint

	1948	HP
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000m	8th	320
		320

The same pair were non-starters at the C2 10000 m in 1948.

Maurice Coomarawel

B. 1940-04-16, represented Ceylon (now Sri Lanka); D. 2008-07-22
Cycling - Road

	1960	HP
Men's Road Race	dnf	-24.60
		-24.60

Margaret Teresa Coomber

B. 1950-06-13, Dartford, England, Great Britain
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Women's 800 metres	R1:18th	2.56
		2.56

Heather Margaret Coombridge

B. 1953-04-24, Hamilton, New Zealand
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Women's 100 m Freestyle	35th	-2.10
Women's 200 m Freestyle	22nd	0.4
		0.401

Joseph Coombs

B. 1952-06-15, Montrose, Trinidad & Tobago
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 400 metres		8th	256
Men's 4x400 m Relay	sixth	sixth	320
			576

Sven Michael Coomer

B. 1940-10-12, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Modern Pentathlon

	1956	HP
Men's Individual	32nd	0.005
Men's Team	8th	64
		64.005

John Malcolm Coon

B. 1929-10-31, Brighton, Vict., Australia; D. 2010-06-27
Sailing

	1960	1964	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	11th	12th	104
			104

Coone

represented France
Artistic Gymnastics

	1900	HP
Men's Individual combined	101st	-16.96
		-16.96

Olympic Competitor nr 1145

1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Nicholas Francis "Nick" Cooney

B. 1934-07-23, Drogheda, Ireland; D. 1999-03-02
Shooting

	1980	HP
Skeet	41st	-4.96
		0.000096

Albert Cooper

B. 1904-02-23, Trenton, NJ, USA; D. 1993-12
Football

	1928	HP
Men's Team	R1	26.38
		26.38

Alexander "Alex" Cooper

B. 1942-07-12, represented Bermuda
Sailing

	1972	HP
Three Person Keelboat (Soling)	15th	10
		10

Arthur Cooper

B. 1952-05-10, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's 400 metres	QF:38th	-3.26
Men's 4x400 m Relay	8th	64
		64.000256

William Hunting "Bill" Cooper

B. 1910-08-04, Los Angeles, Cal., USA; D. 1968-03-28
Sailing (1 gold)

	1932	HP
Eight metres Class	gold	3200
		3200

Bradford Paul "Brad" Cooper

B. 1954-07-19, Singapore, represented Australia
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold)

	1972	HP
Men's 400 m Freestyle	gold	6400
Men's 1500 m Freestyle	7th	400
Men's 200 m Backstroke	fourth	1600
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay	fifth	250
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	9th	40
		8690

Cooper came second in the 400 metres, one hundredth of a second behind Rick DeMont. When Rick DeMont was disqualified for doping, Brad Cooper said "I don't want the medal".

Tyrone Bradley Thomas "Brad" Cooper

B. 1957-06-30, represented the Bahamas
Athletics - Track and Field

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Discus Throw	QU:16th	QU:16th	19.2
			19.2

Charlotte Reinagle Cooper

B. 1870-09-22, Ealing, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1966-10-10
Tennis (2 gold)

	1900	HP
Women's Singles	gold	8000
Mixed Doubles	gold	4800
		12800

One of only six ladies competing at Paris, and the first female gold medallist in Olympic history.

Olympic Competitor nr 764

1900-07-07-15:00? - Tennis - Women's Singles round one - won (Q)
1900-07-09-15:00? - Tennis - Women's Singles semi-finals - won (Q)
1900-07-10-15:00? - Tennis - Women's Singles final - won (8000)
1900-07-10-15:00? - Tennis - Mixed Doubles semi-finals - won (Q)
1900-07-11-15:00? - Tennis - Mixed Doubles final - won (4800)

Christin Elizabeth Cooper

B. 1959-10-08, Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Alpine Skiing (1 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Women's Giant Slalom	7th	silver	4400
Women's Slalom	8th	dnf	256.00001
			4656.00001

Donald Wayne "Don" Cooper

B. 1948-12-11, Auckland, New Zealand
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1972	1976	HP
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m	SF:5th	SF:4th	85.2
Men's Kayak Doubles 1000 m	Rep:5th		0.204
			85.404

Edmund Merriman Cooper

B. 1912-09-09, Pembroke, Bermuda; D. 2003-01
Aquatics - Swimming

	1936	HP
Men's 400 metres Freestyle	R1:34th	0.0016
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	R1:14th	4
		4.0016

(Alfred) Egerton Cooper

B. 1883-07-05, Tettenhall, England, Great Britain; D. 1974-05-11
Art Competitions

	1948	HP
Painting - Paintings	4 entries	11.492
Painting - unknown event	HC	-
		11.492

Frederick Cooper

B. 1910-05-31, represented Great Britain
Shooting

	1956	HP
Men's Rapid−Fire Pistol	34st	0.0024
Men's Free Pistol	10th	150
		150.0024

Graham Vaughan Cooper

B. 1941-03-14, Willaston, England, Great Britain
Rowing

	1960	HP
Men's Eights	Rep:2nd	136
		136

Henry Charles Cooper

B. 1913-11-22, represented Australia
Boxing

	1936	HP
Men's Flyweight (-50.8 kg)	R1	2.836
		2.836

Sir Henry William Cooper

B. 1934-05-03, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2011-05-01
Boxing

	1952	HP
Men's Light-Heavyweight (-81 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Janice Cooper

B. 1940-02-17, represented Australia; D. 2002-02-28
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Women's High Jump	15th	15
		15

John Hugh Cooper

B. 1940-12-18, Bromyard, England, Great Britain; D. 1974-03-03
Athletics - Track & Field (2 silver)

	1964	1968	HP
Men's 400 metres Hurdles	silver	SF:7th	6031.2
Men's 4x400 metres Relay	silver		1000
			7031.2

B. 1909-04-18, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), represented Great Britain; D. 2002-07-22
Swimming (1 silver, 3 bronze)

1928 1932 HP

100 m Backstroke bronze sixth 4800

100 m Free-style bronze 7th/8th 2888

400 m Free-style - fourth 1600

4x100 m Free-style Relay silver bronze 1640

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Edmund Kirkland "Kirk" Cooper

B. 1932-07-28, represented Bermuda; D. 2018-11-30
Sailing

	1964	1968	1972	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	fifth	13th		1035.6
Three−Person Keelboat (Soling)			15th	1035.6
				1035.6

Linda Lee Cooper

B. 1944-07-19, Loma Linda, Cal., USA
Aquatics - Diving

	1964	HP
Women's Platform	fourth	1600
		1600

Lynette Cooper

B. 1944-03-14, Cape Town, South Africa, represented Rhodesia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1960	HP
Women's 100 metres Backstroke	R1:22nd	0.5
Women's 4x100 metres Medley Relay	R1:12th	10
		10.5

Malcolm Douglas Cooper

B. 1947-12-20, Camberley, Surrey, England, Great Britain; D. 2001-06-09
Shooting (2 gold)

	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	HP
Small-Bore Rifle, 3 positions	18th	18th		gold	gold	12805.12
Small-Bore Rifle, prone					36th	-
Free Rifle, 3 positions	12th					60
Air Rifle				15th		10
						12875.12

Matthew Michael Kenneth Cooper

B. 1948-04-17, Boston, England, Great Britain; D. 2015-10-11
Rowing

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Coxless Pairs		12th	100
Men's Eights	10th		100
			100

Paul P. J. Cooper

B. 1928-01-13 in England, represented Hong Kong
Sailing

	1964	1968	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	19th	19th	3.2
			3.2

Robert Shearer Cooper

B. 1883-05-26, Leith, Scotland, Great Britain; D. 1917-05-03
Aquatics - Swimming & Gymnastics

	1906	HP
Men's 1 mile Freestyle	dnf	0.12
Individual combined (5 events)	35th	-3.75
Rope Climbing	15th	7.5
		7.62075

Olympic Competitor nr 2783

1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - DNF (0.12)
1906-04-25-15:30 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day one
1906-04-25-19:00 - Gymnastics - Rope Climbing - 15th (7.5)
1906-04-26-16:00 - Gymnastics - Individual combined (5 events), day two - 35th

Ronald Dennis "Ron" Cooper

B. 1928-02-05, London, England, Great Britain
Boxing

	1948	HP
Men's Lightweight (-62 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Sarah Jane Cooper

B. 1949-03-23, Kettering, England, Great Britain
Shooting

	1984	1988	HP
Women's Air Rifle	25th	33rd	0.10256
Women's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions	10th	36th	100.00064
			100.1032

Susan Cooper

B. 1963-06-24, represented Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming

	1980	HP
Women's 100 m Butterfly	9th	160
		160

(Arnold) Ralph Cooperman

B. 1927-11-16, London, England, Great Britain; D. 2009-03-22
Fencing

	1956	1960	1964	HP
Men's Foil, Individual		R2:5th		0.053
Men's Foil, Team	SF:3rd	QF	R1:3rd	371.25
Men's Sabre, Individual	R2:5th	R1:4th	R2:6th	3.31811
Men's Sabre, Team	SF:4th	QF:3rd	R1:3rd	127.5
				502.12111

Henri Guillaume Coosemans

B. 1922-01-10, Bruxelles, Belgium
Basketball

	1948	1952	HP
Men's Team	11th	QU:5th	33.36
			33.36

Kevin Melville Coote

B. 1932-04-25, Parkdale, Vict., Australia
Freestyle Wrestling

	1952	1956	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-87 kg)	10th	fifth	1650
			1650

Augustus Cootmans

represented Belgium
Gymnastics (1 silver)

	1920	HP
Men's Team combined, European system	silver	1000
		1000

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2024-08-17

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.

	1928	1932	HP
100 m Backstroke	bronze	sixth	4800
100 m Free-style	bronze	7th/8th	2888
400 m Free-style	-	fourth	1600
4x100 m Free-style Relay	silver	bronze	1640
			10928