Steph Cook
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Stephanie Cook (born January 3, 1972 in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland) is a retired modern pentahlete and olympic gold medalist
She was educated at Bedford High School and The Perse School for Girls, Peterhouse, Cambridge and then Lincoln College, Oxford, where she read medicine.
Having rowed at Cambridge she took up modern pentathlon whilst completing her clinical medicine course at Oxford. She was president of the Oxford University Modern Pentathlon Association 1995-1996, the same year that poet Owen Sheers was captain of the men's team. She won the women's individual title in the Varsity Match against Cambridge in 1997.
Having put her medical career on hold she won a gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Olympics in the women's modern pentathlon, the first time the event was included in the games. She went on to win the world championships in 2001 before retiring from the sport. Her particular strength was in running.
She was awarded an OBE in the 2001 New Year Honours.
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