Tamsin Cook
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| Born | 1998 (age 17–18)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tamsin Cook (born 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer who won the gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore in a new Championships record.[2][3] She also broke the Championships record in the 200 meter freestyle with her lead-off leg in the 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.[4]
She also participated in the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii.[5]
Cook moved from South Africa to Perth, Australia when she was 8.[6]
In October 2015, Cook was named 'Western Australia Institute of Sport’s Junior Athlete of the Year'.[7]
References
- ↑ "Women's 400m Freestyle Final Start List". Omega Timing. August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Aussie Tamsin Cook Clocks New 400 Freestyle World Juniors Meet Record". SwimSwam. August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Tamsin Cook Edges Meet Record in 400 Free at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. August 28, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Wang Siqi Edges Tamsin Cook for 200 Fly Crown at 2015 World Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. August 26, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ↑ "WA swimmers selected to represent Australia overseas". News.com.au. April 30, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Cook leads resurgence of WA swimming". The West Australian. October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Tamsin Cook Wins West Australia’s Junior Athlete Of The Year Award". SwimSwam. August 11, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
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