Dustin Cook
{{Short description|Canadian alpine skier (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name = Dustin Cook
|image = Dustin Cook Valbruna.jpg
|image_size = 210
|caption =
|disciplines = Super-G
|club = Mont Ste. Marie
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|2|11}}
|birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|death_date =
|death_place =
|height = 1.83 m
|wcdebut = November 27, 2010 {{nowrap|(age 21)}}
|retired = March 2020 {{nowrap|(age 30)}}
|website = [http://dustincook.ca/ dustincook.ca]
|olympicteams = 1 – (2018)
|olympicmedals = 0
|olympicgolds =
|worldsteams = 4 – (2013–2019)
|worldsmedals = 1
|worldsgolds = 0
|wcseasons = 8th – (2011–15, 2017–19)
|wcwins = 1 – (1 SG)
|wcpodiums = 2 – (2 SG)
|wcoveralls = 0 – (30th in 2015)
|wctitles = 0 – (5th in SG, 2015)
|medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's alpine skiing}}
{{Medal|Country| {{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Beaver Creek|Super-G}}
|show-medals = yes
}}
Dustin Cook (born February 11, 1989) is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he won a silver medal in the Super-G at the 2015 World Championships at Beaver Creek, USA.{{cite web|url=http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0211/2015AL0211RLR0.pdf |title=Men's Super-G Official Results|accessdate=6 February 2015}}
Cook made his first World Cup podium in March 2015, in a Super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway, and won his first race eleven days later at the World Cup finals in Méribel, France.
Career
Born in Toronto, Cook has lived in Lac-Sainte-Marie since he was ten.{{cite web
|url=http://alpinecanada.org/athlete/cook
|title=Dustin Cook
|website=alpinecanada.org
|url-status=dead
|archivedate=2011-09-24
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924035858/http://alpinecanada.org/athlete/cook
|accessdate=19 September 2018 }} When he was five he competed in his first ski race, and when he was twelve he made the regional high performance ski team. Cook has 23 Nor-Am Cup podiums, ranking him tied for fifth among men for most podiums in Nor-Am Cup history as of the end of the 2014/15 season.{{cite web|url=http://data.fis-ski.com/global-links/statistics/competitors-having-more-than-one-podium.html?place=&season=ALL§or=AL&nbr=4&gender=M&category=NAC&positions=2&nation=&discipline=ALL&Submit=SEARCH|title=Competitors having more than one podium|website=data.fis-ski.com}}
His first podium came in 2015 at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 when he finished 2nd in the Super G at Beaver Creek. Cook became the first Canadian man to medal in a Super G at the World Championships.{{cite web|url=http://olympic.ca/2015/02/05/cook-captures-world-championship-silver/|title=Cook captures World Championship silver|date=5 February 2015|publisher=}} He also finished twelfth in Giant Slalom at the World Championships one week later. His first FIS Alpine World Cup podium came one month later when he finished 3rd in the Super G at Kvitfjell. He won his first race eleven days later at the World Cup Finals in Meribel. Cook finished the 2015 season with five top twenty World Cup finishes, in addition to his two podiums and World Championship medal. He finished the 2015 season ranked 5th in Super G, and 30th in Giant Slalom.{{cite web|url=http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=104762&type=result&category=ALL&season=ALL&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search&limit=50|title=COOK Dustin - Biographie|website=data.fis-ski.com}}
With his World Championship medal Cook became the eighth and final member of the Canadian Cowboys{{cite web|url=http://cowboysracing.com/cowboys/|title=WINNA.COM|website=cowboysracing.com}}
World Cup results
=Season standings=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant | |||||||
| 2011 | 22 | 163 | — | — | — | — | 53 |
| 2012 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 24 | 126 | — | 44 | 50 | — | — |
| 2014 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 26 | 30 | — | 30 | 5 | — | — |
| 2016 | 27 | colspan=6|injured, out for season | |||||
| 2017 | 28 | 88 | — | — | 21 | — | — |
| 2018 | 29 | 70 | — | — | 17 | — | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 99 | — | — | 27 | — | — |
:Standings through 20 January 2019
=Race podiums=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | ||||
| Season
! Date ! Location ! Discipline ! Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2015 | align=right|8 Mar 2015 | align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}}{{nnbsp}} Kvitfjell, Norway | Super-G | 3rd |
| style="background:#BOEOE6; text-align:right;"|18 Mar 2015 | align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Méribel, France | style="background:#BOEOE6;"|Super-G | style="background:#BOEOE6;"|1st |
World Championships results
Olympic results
Other
Most Valuable Participant: Craigleith Men's Day 2016
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIS alpine skier|104762}}
- [https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=104762&type=cups Dustin Cook] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- {{Ski-DB|dustin_cook_can_100558}}
- {{COC profile|dustin-cook}}
- [https://alpinecanada.org/team/dustin-cook Dustin Cook] at Alpine Canada
- {{official website|http://dustincook.ca/}}
- {{Sports links}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Dustin}}
Category:Canadian male alpine skiers
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics