Christopher Cook

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Chris Cook

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Anthony Cook
Nickname(s)	Cooky Cooky Monster
Nationality	Great Britain /  England
Born	5 May 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 32) South Shields, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	76 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Club	City of Newcastle
Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for Great Britain World Championships - Short Course Bronze 2006 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke European Championships - Short Course Bronze 2005 Trieste 4×50 m medley Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne[1] 100 m breaststroke Gold 2006 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke Silver 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley

Christopher Anthony Cook (born 5 May 1979, South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is an English swimmer.^[2]

His specialism is 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 is coached by Ian Oliver at the City of Newcastle Swimming Club. He maintains a friendly rivalry with James Gibson and Darren Mew, who compete in the same events.^{[citation needed]} He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m breaststroke event.

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

1. ^ "Swimming Schedule and Results". http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/By+Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming. Retrieved 2007-08-22. 
2. ^ Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games web site, Christopher Cook biography, retrieved December 17, 2006
3. ^ Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 50m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, March 19, 2006, retrieved December 17, 2006
4. ^ Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 100m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, March 18, 2006, retrieved December 17, 2006
5. ^ British Olympics Association web site, Athens 2004 Team web page, retrieved December 17, 2006.

External links

• British Swimming athlete profile
• British Olympic Association athlete profile
• Cook's bio from the 2008 Olympics.

Persondata
Name	Cook, Christopher
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 5, 1979
Place of birth	South Shields, England
Date of death
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