John Cooke (sport shooter)
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| Born | 17 March 1939 Dartford, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 April 2008 (aged 69)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Patrick Cooke (17 March 1939 – 9 April 2008) was a British sports shooter.
Shooting career[]
Cooke competed at the 1972, 1976 and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2] He represented England in the rapid fire pistol and the 50 metres free pistol, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[3][4] Four years later he represented England and won a silver medal in the rapid fire pistol, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[5] A third Commonwealth Games appearance for England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia resulted in a gold medal in the centre fire pistol, double bronze medals in the rapid fire pistol and centre fire pistol pairs with John Gough.[6][7]
References[]
- ^ John Cooke at Olympedia
- ^ "Olympic profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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