Harold Cooke
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1907 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | April 1986 (aged 78) Hereford, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Foil | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Salle Paul, London | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harold Cooke (29 May 1907 – April 1986) was a British fencer who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Biography
At the Olympic Games, Cooke competed in the team foil events.
Cooke also represented the England team[3] and won a gold medal[4] in the team foil event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Harold Cooke Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ↑ "Harry Cooke". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
- ↑ "Gillian Sheen for Games". Hull Daily Mail. 12 June 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Fencing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1986 deaths
- British male fencers
- Olympic fencers for Great Britain
- Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in fencing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Fencers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- British fencing biography stubs