Chris Cook (swimmer)

{{Short description|British swimmer (born 1979)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Chris Cook

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| fullname = Christopher Antony Cook

| nicknames = "Cooky"

| national_team = {{GBR2}}

| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = City of Newcastle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|5|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = South Shields, England

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| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Shanghai | 50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Trieste | 4×50 m medley}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Melbourne{{cite web |url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/By+Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming |title=Swimming Schedule and Results |accessdate=2007-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811124308/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%2Band%2BResults/By%2BSport/Aquatics%2BSwimming |archivedate=2007-08-11 }} | 100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Melbourne | 50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne | 4×100 m medley}}

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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.{{Cite web |url=http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104200 |title=Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games web site, Christopher Cook biography, retrieved December 17, 2006 |access-date=17 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613160511/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104200 |archive-date=13 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}

Cook specialises in the breaststroke, and took gold in the 50[https://web.archive.org/web/20060823034544/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming/Mon%2020%20Mar/Results/Result%20-%20SW003010000001?ScheduleItemID=29772 Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 50m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, 19 March 2006, retrieved 17 December 2006] and 100{{Cite web |url=http://melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming/Sat%2018%20Mar/Results/Result%20-%20SW003110000001?ScheduleItemID=29760 |title=Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 100m Men's Breaststroke Final Results, March 18, 2006, retrieved December 17, 2006 |access-date=17 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010091105/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming/Sat%2018%20Mar/Results/Result%20-%20SW003110000001?ScheduleItemID=29760 |archive-date=10 October 2006 |url-status=dead }} 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.[http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesteamgb.aspx?gt=s&ga=26 British Olympics Association web site, Athens 2004 Team web page, retrieved 17 December 2006.]

Living in Wallsend, he was coached by Ian Oliver at the City of Newcastle Swimming Club.{{cite web |title=Swimming: I knew I could be the top dog, and I was right - The Journal |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/other-sport/swimming-knew-could-top-dog-4577656 |website=www.thejournal.co.uk |accessdate=20 July 2020 |language=en}} He competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008.{{cite web |title=Olympian Chris Cook becomes swim teacher {{!}} Swim England blog |url=https://swimenglandqualifications.com/blog-olympian-chris-cook-becoming-swim-teacher/ |website=Swim England Qualifications |accessdate=20 July 2020 |language=en |date=3 July 2018}}