Chris Cook (swimmer)

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]

Chris Cook

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Antony Cook
Nickname	"Cooky"
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1979-05-05) 5 May 1979 (age 46) South Shields, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	City of Newcastle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Great Britain World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 2005 Trieste 4×50 m medley Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne[1] 100 m breaststroke 2006 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley

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