Arthur Cook (sport shooter)
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Born | Washington, D.C., United States | March 19, 1928||||||||||||||
Died | February 21, 2021 Rockville, Maryland, United States | (aged 92)||||||||||||||
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Arthur Edwin "Art" Cook (March 19, 1928 – February 21, 2021) was an American
Biography
Cook was born in Washington, D.C. He attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was the captain of the rifle team and a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.[2]
Cook began shooting in 1939 while attending a
In 1951, he joined the U.S. Air Force[2] He became a lieutenant and was assigned to the Gunnery Officers School.
Aside from the 1948 Olympic Team, Cook also was a member of the U.S. teams at the 1949 International Shooting Union World Championships, the 1951 Pan American Games, the 1952 ISU World Championships, and the 1954 ISU World Championships. He won two medals at the 1949 World Championships and one medal in 1952. In 1953 and 1957 he won the National Gallery Rifle Championship.[2]
He coached the U.S. Deaf Olympic Team in 1969 and 1993, and helped establish the United States Air Force Marksmanship Training Program.[3] He was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.[4] He has also been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame.[5] In 1955 he formed his own wholesale supply company, Arthur Cook Supply Corp.[2] Cook died on February 21, 2021.[6]
References
- ^ "Arthur Cook". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Harper Jr., John (Winter 1959). "Sigma Pi in the News: Top-Notch Trigger-Man" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 45, no. 4. pp. 203–204.
- ^ Maryland medalists, The Baltimore Sun, August 9, 2008.
- ^ University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame: All-Time Inductees Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, University of Maryland, retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Art Cook". usashooting.org. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "Legends: Art Cook 1928-2021". www.ssusa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
External links
- Arthur Cook at Olympedia