{{short description|Bahamian sailor}} {{Infobox sailor |name = Cecil Cooke |image = |caption = |fullname = Cecil George Cooke |birth_date = {{birth-date|May 31, 1923}} |birth_place = [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], [[New Providence]], Bahamas |death_date = {{death-date and age|May 1, 1983|May 31, 1923}} |death_place = Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{BAH}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Star class]] }} |show-medals = yes }}
'''Cecil George Cooke''' (May 31, 1923 – May 1, 1983) was a [[sailing (sport)|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 (sailboat)|Star class]], together with [[Durward Knowles]].<ref name=gbr-sailing>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/sailing.htm "Olympic Games Medallists – Sailing"] ''gbrathletics'' (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)</ref><ref name=db-ol-YAT1964>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=YAT |title=1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221195824/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=YAT |archive-date=2007-02-21 |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanborn |first=Margot |date=22 November 1964 |title=Nassau's Swinging into the Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/620612407 |archive-date= |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Miami Herald |pages=133 |quote=hero's welcome for Captain Durward Knowles and crew member, Cecil Cooke, who won for the Bahamas the 1964 Olympic gold medal in Star Class sailing.}}</ref> He was born in and died in [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], [[New Providence]], Bahamas.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/cecil-cooke-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005651/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/cecil-cooke-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Cecil Cooke |accessdate=March 15, 2016}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Forty Plus Cycling Club]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=BAHCC1|www=cecil-george-cooke|name=Cecil George Cooke}} * {{Olympics.com|cecil-george-cooke|name=Cecil George Cooke}} * {{Olympedia}}
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