Myrtle Alice Cook (also competed as Myrtle McGowan) (January 5, 1902 – March 18, 1985) was a Canadian athlete who won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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| Women's athletics
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1928 Amsterdam | 4x100 m relay |
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Career edit
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 Fanny Rosenfeld (also 100 m silver medallist), Ethel Smith (100 m bronze medallist) and Jane Bell.[1]
In 1929, Cook began a career writing for the Montreal Star, where she contributed the column "In the Women's Spotlight" for the next 40 years.[1]
Cook was involved in ice hockey and served as president of the Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association prior to 1937.[2]
Cook equalled Betty Robinson's Women's 100m World Record on August 1, 1931.[citation needed]
Cook contributed significantly to women's sports in Canada, helping to establish the Toronto Ladies Athletic Club, serving as director of athletics for the Canadian Ladies Athletic Club, and founding a branch of that club in Montreal.[1] During the Second World War, she was active in fundraising and assisted in training military recruits.[1] She died in Elora, Ontario on March 18, 1985.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Myrtle Cook | CWRC/CSEC". cwrc.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ "'Pegger May Head Ladies' Hockey Body". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. January 4, 1940. p. 13.
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