Background
Cooke was born in Crumpsall, Manchester.
Cooke was born in Crumpsall, Manchester.
British Columbia National Youth Sprint Coach 2003 2009 Now working for Derbyshire Institute Of Sport as Head Cycling Coach
He competed in the Sprint and Tandem Sprint events in Munich. Cooke broke the European record in the 500m TT for riders aged 60–64, whilst on the way to winning the gold medal at the 2008 European Masters Track Cycling Championships, with a new time of 37.244 seconds. He held the post of British Cycling"s national cycling coach for 10 years, 1979-1989.
In 2006-2009, Cooke took part in the reality television show The Games as a cycling coach to the participating celebrities.
Cooke was also involved in coaching cycling for Drug Abuse Resistance Education United Kingdom.
Cooke represented England at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, where he won the Gold medal in the tandem sprint event. Along with winning the Commonwealth Championship he is a 31 times World Masters Champion, including winning the sprint championship for seven consecutive years between 1996 and 2002, and 64 times national champion.
