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| Full name | Cecil George Cooke | ||||||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1923 Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||
| Died | May 31, 1983 (aged 60) Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||
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Cecil George Cooke (May 31, 1923 – May 1, 1983) was a sailor and Olympic champion from the Bahamas. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the Star class, together with Durward Knowles. [1] [2] He was born in and died in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. [3]
References
- ^ "Olympic Games Medallists – Sailing" gbrathletics (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)
- ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-21. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cecil Cooke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
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- 1923 births
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