Edward Cook (athlete)

Edward Cook, 1908.

Edward Tiffin Cook (born November 27, 1889 as Edward Tiffin Cook Jr. in Chillicothe , Ohio , † October 18, 1972 ibid) was an American athlete . With a height of 1.78 m, his competition weight was 66 kg.

Cook attended school in Chillicothe and held three US national high school records in the 100y, 220y and long jump in 1905/6. In 1908 the two Americans Walter Dray and Alfred Gilbert competed to improve the (unofficial) world record in the pole vault , during which Dray's world record from 1907 was increased from 3.79 meters to 3.90 meters. Gilbert jumped two world records with 3.855 meters and 3.86 meters.

At the Olympic Games in 1908 Dray was not at the start. Alfred Gilbert jumped 3.71 meters, but Edward Cook got to the same height. A jump-off was not carried out and so both athletes were declared Olympic champions, and three others were declared Olympic thirds. Cook also competed in the long jump and finished fourth with 6.97 meters.

After graduating from Cornell University, Edward Cook worked as a farmer and later as a director at the First National Bank of Chillicothe . From 1926 to 1941 he worked very successfully as a track and field trainer and sports director, as well as for 13 years as a successful football coach at Oakwood High School.

literature

Bill Mallon / Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold , New York 1984 ISBN 0-88011-217-4
Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV

Web links

Edward Cook in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jsquire/ohnatrec.htm on . 5th February 2017
^ Arnd Krüger : Neo-Olympism between nationalism and internationalism . In: Horst Ueberhorst (Ed.): History of physical exercises. Volume 3/1, Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin 1980, pp. 522-568.
↑ http://daytonareasportshistory.com/more/DaytonAreaSportsHistoryTrackFieldSignificantFigures.htm on . 5th February 2017

personal data
SURNAME	Cook, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cook, Edward Tiffin (full name); Cook, Edward Tiffin junior (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	November 27, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chillicothe
DATE OF DEATH	October 18, 1972
Place of death	Chillicothe

[1] ttp://personal.bgsu.edu/~jsquire/ohnatrec.htm on . 5th February 2017

[2] Arnd Krüger : Neo-Olympism between nationalism and internationalism . In: Horst Ueberhorst (Ed.): History of physical exercises. Volume 3/1, Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin 1980, pp. 522-568.

[3] ttp://daytonareasportshistory.com/more/DaytonAreaSportsHistoryTrackFieldSignificantFigures.htm on . 5th February 2017