Tamsin Cook

Cook participated in the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Maui, Hawaii.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/wa-swimmers-selected-to-represent-australia-overseas/story-fnaqgujp-1226901368465|title=WA swimmers selected to represent Australia overseas|publisher=News.com.au|date=30 April 2014|access-date=21 October 2015}}

She won the gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore in a new Championships record.{{cite web|url=http://swimswam.com/aussie-tamsin-cook-clocks-new-400-freestyle-world-juniors-meet-record/|title=Aussie Tamsin Cook Clocks New 400 Freestyle World Juniors Meet Record|publisher=SwimSwam|date=28 August 2015|access-date=28 August 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/tamsin-cook-edges-meet-record-in-400-free-at-2015-fina-world-junior-championships/|title=Tamsin Cook Edges Meet Record in 400 Free at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships|magazine=Swimming World|date=28 August 2015|access-date=1 September 2015}} She also broke the Championships record in the 200 meter freestyle with her lead-off leg in the {{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} freestyle relay final. In that race she and her teammates broke the junior world record. Cook also won a silver medal in the 200 meter butterfly.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wang-siqi-edges-tamsin-cook-for-200-fly-crown-at-2015-world-junior-championships/|title=Wang Siqi Edges Tamsin Cook for 200 Fly Crown at 2015 World Junior Championships|magazine=Swimming World|date=26 August 2015|access-date=1 September 2015}}

In October 2015, Cook was named Western Australian Institute of Sport's Junior Athlete of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://swimswam.com/tamsin-cook-wins-west-australias-junior-athlete-of-the-year-award/|title=Tamsin Cook Wins West Australia's Junior Athlete Of The Year Award|publisher=SwimSwam|date=11 August 2014|access-date=21 October 2015}} The following year, she was named WAIS Junior Athlete of the Year, for the second year defeating other young athletes including diver Nikita Hains.{{Cite web |last=S. Cahill |first=Denise |date=19 October 2016 |title=Tamsin Cook WAIS Junior Athlete |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/stirling-times/rio-olympics-medallist-tamsin-cook-named-wais-junior-athlete-of-the-year-c-789168 |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Perth Now |language=}}

In April 2016, Cook qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 400-meter freestyle, which was her first Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.swimvortex.com/jess-ashwood-rattles-own-record-at-helm-of-rush-for-rio-tickets-in-adelaide/ |title=Rio Tickets For Jess Ashwood, Tamsin Cook, Emma McKeon, Maddy Groves & Jake Packard |first1=Craig |last1=Lord |date=8 April 2016 |publisher=Swimvortex |access-date=8 April 2016 }} She finished 6th in the final.

After a neck injury disqualified her from the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she retired from swimming in June 2018 to focus on her university studies.{{Cite news |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/swimming/promising-wa-swimmer-tamsin-cook-quits-pool-ng-b88850854z |title=Swimming shock as teenager Cook quits pool |last=Lacy |first=Bridget |date=2018-06-05 |work=The West Australian |access-date=2018-06-06 |language=en-GB}}

Cook moved from South Africa to Perth, Australia when she was 8. She was attending St Mark's Anglican Community School until year 11. Cook moved to the School of Isolated and Distance Education in year 11 to focus on her swimming.{{cite news|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/24680054/cook-leads-resurgence-of-wa-swimming/|title=Cook leads resurgence of WA swimming|newspaper=The West Australian|date=17 October 2015|access-date=21 October 2015}}

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