Christopher Anthony Cook (born 5 May 1979) is an English former competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who swam for Great Britain in the Olympics, world championships and European championships, and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. Cook specialises in the

breaststroke Breaststroke is a human swimming, swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and ...

, and took gold in the 50 and 100 metre finals representing

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at the

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. He has also competed for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. Living in

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, he was coached by Ian Oliver at the City of

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Swimming Club. He competed at the Olympic Games in

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and

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Personal bests and records held

References

External links

British Swimming athlete profileBritish Olympic Association athlete profileCook's bio
from the 2008 Olympics. He is currently on a UK school tour. 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from South Shields English male breaststroke swimmers British male breaststroke swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub