Education
She was educated at Bedford High School. The Perse School for Girls. Peterhouse, Cambridge and then Lincoln College, Oxford, where she read medicine.
She was educated at Bedford High School. The Perse School for Girls. Peterhouse, Cambridge and then Lincoln College, Oxford, where she read medicine.
Having rowed at Cambridge she took up modern pentathlon whilst completing her course in clinical medicine at Oxford. She was president of the Oxford University Modern Pentathlon Association 1995-1996. Although widely reported as "Having put her medical career on hold", she was supported through her training from 1998 to 2000 by Consultant Surgeon Mark Whiteley who funded a research job for her in Guildford - during which she published 3 papers with him.
She paid him tribute during the television show "This is your life".
Her particular strength was running. Doctor Cook has publicly stated that she is a committed Christian and has said that “When I took up modern pentathlon, it was obvious that God had given me gifts for the sport.