Geoff Cooke (cyclist)

Geoff Cooke
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Cooke
Born 26 July 1944 (1944-07-26) (age 67)
 England
 United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)

1999-2002<br		 Velo Club Europa
Raleigh Factory Racing
Cycling4life - Jaguar
Sherwood Pines-Bushhelthcare
Infobox last updated on
11 April 2008

Geoff Cooke (born 26 July 1944), is former national cycling coach, he is currently the Team GB Olympic Sprint Coach.

Contents

Biography

Cooke was born in Crumpsall, Manchester. He competed in the Sprint and Tandem Sprint events at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.[1] Cooke represented England at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, where he won the Gold medal in the tandem sprint event.[2] He was winner of Commonwealth Championship in 1982, and is a 18 times World Masters Champion, including winning the sprint championship for seven conecutive years between 1996 and 2002,[3] and 31 times national champion.[4]

Cooke broke the European record in the 500m TT for riders aged 60–64, whilst on the way to winning the gold medal at the 2008 European Masters Track Cycling Championships, with a new time of 37.244 seconds.[5] Cooke retained his title in 2009, albeit in the 65–69 age category, he also won the sprint and later on the same year took gold in the sprint and 500m TT, and silver in the scratch race at the World Masters Track Championships in Sydney.[6]

He held the post of British Cycling's national cycling coach for 10 years.

In 2006, Cooke took part in the reality TV show The Games as a cycling coach to the participating celebrities.[7]

Cooke is also involved in coaching cycling for DARE UK.[8]

Palmarès

1963
1st Sprint, British National Track Championships
1968
1st Tandem Sprint, British National Tandem Sprint Championships - Amateur (with Ian Alsop)
1974
1st Tandem Sprint, Commonwealth Games
1996
1st 500m TT, World Masters Track Championships, 50-54 Category
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 50-54 Category
1997
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 50-54 Category
1998
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 50-54 Category
1999
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
2000
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
2001
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
2002
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
2003
1st Scratch Race, British National Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
1st Track TT, British National Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
2nd Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 55-59 Category
2004
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 60-64 Category
2005
1st 10km points, World Masters Track Championships
1st Track TT, World Masters Track Championships
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships
2006
1st Track TT, World Masters Track Championships
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships
2008
1st Track TT, European Masters Track Cycling Championships, 60-64 Category (new European record)
2009
1st Track TT, European Masters Track Cycling Championships, 65-69 Category
1st Sprint, European Masters Track Cycling Championships, 65-69 Category
1st Track TT, World Masters Track Championships, 65-69 Category
1st Sprint, World Masters Track Championships, 65-69 Category
2nd Scratch race, World Masters Track Championships, 65-69 Category

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profiles: Geoff Cooke". British Olympic Association. http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=883. 
  2. ^ "Athlete profiles". Commonwealth Games Federation. http://thecgf.com/games/athlete.asp. 
  3. ^ "Cycling: Geoff's Masterful performance". Manchester Evening News. 2004-09-15. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/s/130/130466_cycling_geoffs_masterful_performance.html. 
  4. ^ "Our Team". seefeeldo.co.uk. http://www.seefeeldo.co.uk/ourteam.aspx. 
  5. ^ "2009 – European Masters Track Cycling Championships". British Cycling. 2009-07-27. http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/track/article/20090728-2009-European-Masters-Track-Cycling-Championships-0. 
  6. ^ "2009 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships, Sydney - AUS, CM". CyclingNews. 2009-10-21. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/2009-uci-track-cycling-masters-world-championships-cm/scratch-race/results. 
  7. ^ "The Games:Meet the Team". Channel 4. http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/games2006/eventscoaches.html. 
  8. ^ "National Champion". DARE Sport. 14 July 2004. http://www.daresport.co.uk/Pages/News/ViewArticle.aspx?NewsID=28. 

External links