# Carl Cooke

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Not to be confused with [Carl Cook](/source/Carl_Cook).

**Carl Clement Cooke** (August 25, 1889 – July 28, 1971) was an American [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)).[1] He competed at the [1912 Summer Olympics](/source/1912_Summer_Olympics).[2]

## Early life and education

Cooke was born on August 25, 1889, in [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus,_Ohio).[1] He attended [Columbus North High School](/source/Columbus_North_High_School), setting the state [shot put](/source/Shot_put) record and winning four events at the Ohio championships.[1] He later attended [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University) (OSU), where he was a sprinter/long jumper and also played [football](/source/American_football).[1]

## Athletic career

He competed at the [Amateur Athletic Union](/source/Amateur_Athletic_Union) (AUU) tournaments, and was the 220-yard dash runner-up in 1911 and 1913.[1] He also competed for the Chicago Athletic Association and Cleveland Athletic Club.[1]

Cooke was selected to represent the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics in [Stockholm, Sweden](/source/Stockholm,_Sweden), and was to compete in the [men's 200 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metres), [men's 400 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres), and the [men's 4 x 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay).[1] He did not participate in the 400 metres, but did compete in the 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay, and in the former lost in the semifinals to [Donnell Young](/source/Donnell_Young), while in the latter his team was disqualified in the semifinals.[1] He also sometimes officiated high school track games.[1]

### Later life

After competing in the Olympics, Cooke left OSU and became an executive in his father's bridge building company, Fritz-Rumer-Cooke.[1] He eventually became the president.[1]

## Personal life

Cooke was married to Dorothy Beebe,[3] and died in July 1971, at the age of 81.[1]

## References

1. ["Carl Cooke"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78263). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

1. ["Carl Cooke Olympic Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417083617/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/carl-cooke-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/carl-cooke-1.html) on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2017.

1. ["Marriages"](https://books.google.com/books?id=KiPOAAAAMAAJ&dq=carl+cooke+ohio+state&pg=RA9-PA45). *The Ohio State University Monthly*. Vol. 8. Ohio State University Alumni Association. 1916. p. 45.

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