Cook (left, #675), winning in a preliminary heat in the women's 100m race against Norma Wilson of New Zealand and Bets ter Horst of Netherlands on July 30, 1928 at the 1928 Summer Olympic Games.
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
.
Career
Born in
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
Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association prior to 1937.[2]
Cook equalled
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]
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