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Name
  
Myrtle Cook


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Myrtle Cook

Died
  
March 18, 1985, Elora, Ontario, Canada

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

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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.

References

Myrtle Cook Wikipedia