Bob Cook
| To person | |
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| Date of birth | ~ 1958 |
| date of death | March 11, 1981 |
| nation |
 United States
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| discipline | Street |
| Last updated: April 16, 2016 | |
Bob Cook (* approx. 1958 ; † March 11, 1981 in Denver ) was an American cyclist .
Athletic career
Bob Cook started cycling at the age of nine. He raced as an amateur ; For nine years he kept a meticulous diary of his values, training times and diet. He was considered to be particularly disciplined and ambitious - his brother thought he was “slightly fanatical” -, he was also versatile and wrote short stories that were published. Professionally, he worked as an engineer at Martin Marietta in the space program.
Between 1975 and 1980, Bob Cook won the Mount Evans Hill Climb five times and also held the record of one hour, 54 minutes and 27 seconds. The competition is a hill climb on Mount Evans , which is 44.1 kilometers long and over 2,000 meters in altitude on the highest paved road in the USA and ends 39 meters below the summit. In 1978 he finished second in the overall ranking of the Red Zinger Classic .
In 1980 Cook was nominated for the United States Olympic cycling team, but his start there at the Olympic Games in Moscow fell victim to the Olympic boycott . He then wanted to retire from active cycling, but colleagues tried to get him to sign a professional contract in Europe.
In late 1980, Bob Cook suffered from severe headaches and dizziness; on examinations in the hospital it turned out that he had an inoperable brain tumor . Cook died on March 11, 1981 at the age of 23.
In the same year, the Mount Evans Hill Climb was renamed the Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb ; the race bears his name to this day (2016).
successes
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- Mount Evans Hill Climb
- Vuelta de Bisbee
- 1978
- Mount Evans Hill Climb
- Nevada City Classic
- 1979
- Vuelta de Bisbee
- 1980
Web links
- Bob Cook in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb - Saturday, July 23, 2016. In: bicyclerace.com. August 5, 2015, accessed April 16, 2016 .
- Hill climber Bob Cook. In: flickr.com. December 20, 2009, accessed April 16, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Neil Amdur: Legacy of Bob Cook: There are mountains to move. In: The New York Times . March 23, 1981, accessed April 16, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cook, Bob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1958 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1981 |
| Place of death | Denver |