# Cecil Cooke

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Bahamian sailor

Cecil Cooke Personal information Born May 31, 1923 (1923-05-31) Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas Died May 1, 1983(1983-05-01) (aged 59) Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas Sailing career Sport Sailing

**Cecil George Cooke** (May 31, 1923 – May 1, 1983) was a [sailor](/source/Sailing_(sport)) and Olympic champion from the Bahamas. He competed at the [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), where he won a gold medal in the [Star class](/source/Star_(sailboat)), together with [Durward Knowles](/source/Durward_Knowles).[1][2][3] He was born in and died in [Nassau](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas), [New Providence](/source/New_Providence), Bahamas.[4]

## See also

- [Forty Plus Cycling Club](/source/Forty_Plus_Cycling_Club)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gbr-sailing_1-0)** ["Olympic Games Medallists – Sailing"](http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/sailing.htm) *gbrathletics* (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-db-ol-YAT1964_2-0)** ["1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070221195824/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=YAT). *databaseOlympics.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=YAT) on 2007-02-21. Retrieved June 1, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sanborn, Margot (22 November 1964). ["Nassau's Swinging into the Season"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/620612407). *The Miami Herald*. p. 133. Retrieved 4 August 2024. 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.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Cecil Cooke"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005651/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/cecil-cooke-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/cecil-cooke-1.html) on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2016.

## External links

- [Cecil George Cooke](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/cecil-george-cooke?ref=BAHCC1) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=BAHCC1))

- [Cecil George Cooke](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/cecil-george-cooke) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Cecil Cooke](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61658) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

v t e Olympic champions in Star 1932: Gilbert Gray & Andrew Libano (USA) 1936: Peter Bischoff & Hans-Joachim Weise (GER) 1948: Hilary Smart & Paul Smart (USA) 1952: Agostino Straulino & Nicolò Rode (ITA) 1956: Herbert Williams & Lawrence Low (USA) 1960: Timir Pinegin & Fyodor Shutkov (URS) 1964: Durward Knowles & Cecil Cooke (BAH) 1968: Lowell North & Peter Barrett (USA) 1972: David Forbes & John Anderson (AUS) 1980: Valentin Mankin & Aleksandr Muzychenko (URS) 1984: William Earl Buchan & Steven Erickson (USA) 1988: Michael McIntyre & Bryn Vaile (GBR) 1992: Mark Reynolds & Hal Haenel (USA) 1996: Torben Grael & Marcelo Ferreira (BRA) 2000: Mark Reynolds & Magnus Liljedahl (USA) 2004: Torben Grael & Marcelo Ferreira (BRA) 2008: Iain Percy & Andrew Simpson (GBR) 2012: Fredrik Lööf & Max Salminen (SWE)

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