British swimmer (born 1979)
Christopher Anthony Cook (born 5 May 1979) is an English former competitive swimmer who swam for Great Britain in the Olympics, world championships and European championships, and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games.[ 2]
Cook specialises in the breaststroke , and took gold in the 50[ 3] and 100[ 4] metre finals representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne . He has also competed for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens .[ 5]
Living in Wallsend , he was coached by Ian Oliver at the City of Newcastle Swimming Club.[ 6] He competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 .[ 7]
Personal bests and records held
Event
Long course
Short course
50 m breaststroke
27.82
27.02
100 m breaststroke
59.88 NR
58.66
200 m breaststroke
2:12.87
2:09.73
Key NR:British
References
^ "Swimming Schedule and Results" . Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007 .
^ "Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games web site, Christopher Cook biography, retrieved December 17, 2006" . Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2006 .
^ Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 50m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, 19 March 2006, retrieved 17 December 2006
^ "Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 100m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, March 18, 2006, retrieved December 17, 2006" . Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2006 .
^ British Olympics Association web site, Athens 2004 Team web page, retrieved 17 December 2006.
^ "Swimming: I knew I could be the top dog, and I was right - The Journal" . www.thejournal.co.uk . Retrieved 20 July 2020 .
^ "Olympian Chris Cook becomes swim teacher | Swim England blog" . Swim England Qualifications . 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2020 .
External links
1962–1966: 110 yards
1970–present: 100 metres
He is currently on a UK school tour.