Myrtle Cook

Medal record
Women's athletics Competitor for Canada
Olympic Games
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	4x100 m relay

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.

External links

• Library and Archives Canada: Myrtle Cook

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Name	Cook, Myrtle
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Date of birth	January 5, 1902
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Date of death	March 18, 1985
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