Myrtle Cook
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics
Competitor for | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1928 Amsterdam | 4x100 m relay |
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Cook (left, #675), competing in a preliminary heat in the women's 100m race at the 1928 Summer Olympic Games.
Myrtle Alice Cook (also competed as Myrtle McGowan) (January 5, 1902 – March 18, 1985) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
Career
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she competed for Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands where she won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres with her team mates 100 m silver medalist Fanny Rosenfeld, 100 m bronze medalist Ethel Smith and Jane Bell.
Cook equalled Betty Robinson's Women's 100m World Record on August 1, 1931. She died in Elora, Ontario in 1985.
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