Garry Cook

For the chief executive of Manchester City FC, see Garry Cook (CEO).

Garry Cook
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	4x400 m relay
World Championships
	1983 Helsinki	4x400 m relay

Garry Cook (born 10 January 1958) is a former British track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres with a best time of 1:44.55 minutes.

He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett and Philip Brown.

He was a world record holder in the rarely run 4×800 m relay as a part of a quartet that also contained Peter Elliott, Steve Cram and Sebastian Coe. They ran a time of 7 minutes 3.89 seconds on 30 August 1982 at Crystal Palace.

After a successful athletics career, Cook qualified and has since practiced as a teacher specialising in Physical Education and Geography.

He is married to former fellow Olympian Kathy Cook; they have three children, Sarah (1988), Matthew (1989) and George (1992) and reside in Walsall, England.

References

Kubatko, Justin. "Garry Cook Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

British Men's National Superstars Champions

1973 David Hemery 1974 John Conteh 1975 No Competition 1976 David Hemery 1977 Tim Crooks 1978 No Competition 1979 Brian Jacks 1980 Brian Jacks 1981 Keith Fielding 1982 Brian Hooper 1983 Brian Hooper 1984 Garry Cook 1985 Robin Brew 1986–2001 No Competitions 2002 Austin Healey 2003 Du'aine Ladejo 2004 Alain Baxter 2005–2011 No Competitions 2012 Anthony Joshua

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