Myrtle Cook
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Myrtle Alice Cook (also competed as Myrtle McGowan) (January 5, 1902 – March 18, 1985) was a Canadian athlete who won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Career
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she competed for Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands where she won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Fanny Rosenfeld (also 100 m silver medallist), Ethel Smith (100 m bronze medallist) and Jane Bell.[1]
In 1929, Cook began a career writing for the Montreal Star, where she contributed the column "In the Women's Spotlight" for the next 40 years.[1]
Cook was involved in ice hockey and served as president of the Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association prior to 1937.[2]
Cook equalled Betty Robinson's Women's 100m World Record on August 1, 1931.[citation needed]
Cook contributed significantly to women's sports in Canada, helping to establish the Toronto Ladies Athletic Club, serving as director of athletics for the Canadian Ladies Athletic Club, and founding a branch of that club in Montreal.[1] During the Second World War, she was active in fundraising and assisted in training military recruits.[1] She died in Elora, Ontario on March 18, 1985.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Myrtle Cook | CWRC/CSEC". cwrc.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ "'Pegger May Head Ladies' Hockey Body". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. January 4, 1940. p. 13.
External links
- Library and Archives Canada: Myrtle Cook
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- 1928:
Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook (CAN)
- 1932:
Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA)
- 1936:
Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens (USA)
- 1948:
Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1952:
Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy (USA)
- 1956:
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
- 1960:
Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph (USA)
- 1964:
Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
- 1968:
Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus (USA)
- 1972:
Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl (FRG)
- 1976:
Marlies Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Bärbel Wöckel (GDR)
- 1980:
Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1984:
Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, Evelyn Ashford (USA)
- 1988:
Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner, Evelyn Ashford, Dannette Young (USA)
- 1992:
Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry, Gwen Torrence, Michelle Finn (USA)
- 1996:
Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence, Carlette Guidry (USA)
- 2000:
Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Lewis (BAH)
- 2004:
Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald (JAM)
- 2008:
Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2012:
Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Lauryn Williams (USA)
- 2016:
Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Tori Bowie, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun (USA)
- 2020:
Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison, Remona Burchell (JAM)
- 2024:
Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson (USA)
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