Myrtle Cook
Canadian athletics competitor (1902-1985) · Canada · On the map · Athletes · Died at 83
Myrtle Alice Cook was a Canadian track and field athlete, journalist, and sports administrator who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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She competed as a member of Canada's first Olympic women's track and field team, later known as the "Matchless Six", which took part in the first Olympic Games to include women's athletics in 1928. Cook ran the anchor leg of the relay alongside Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, and Jean "Jenny" Thompson, and the Canadian team won the event in a world-record time of 48.4 seconds.
