James Cooke (pentathlete)

British modern pentathlete

Jamie Cooke

Personal information

Nationality| British
Born|  (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 33)
Height| 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight| 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country| Great Britain
Sport| Modern pentathlon
Achievements and titles
World finals| , 2018 Individual
Regional finals| , 2019 Individual
. 2019 Team

Medal record

Men's modern pentathlon
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
| 2018 Mexico City | Individual
| 2018 Mexico City | Team
European Championships
| 2019 Bath | Individual
| 2019 Bath | Team
| 2013 Drzonków | Team

James Cooke (born 3 March 1991) is a British modern pentathlete. Cooke is both the 2018 World and 2019 European champion in the individual event, and the 2019 European Champion in the Team event with Tom Toolis and Joe Choong.

In 2022 Cooke announced about his retirement as pentathlete and new career as the head coach for Greek modern pentathlon national team.[1]

## Career

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Cooke competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event, where he finished 14th.[2]

At the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Mexico City, Cooke overtook Valentin Prades who had celebrated too early to finish in first place. He also won a team silver together with Joe Choong and Myles Pillage.[3]

In 2019, at the European Championships held in Bath, Somerset, Cooke won a gold in the individual event. He also won a team gold with Choong and Tom Toolis.[4]

In 2021, Cooke competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the Men's event.[5] He finished 9th in the event won by his teammate Joe Choong.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Britain's former modern pentathlon world champion Jamie Cooke retires
2. ^ "James Cooke". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
3. ^ Bloom, Ben (14 September 2018). "Spectacular sprint finish gives Britain's Jamie Cooke modern pentathlon world title after rival celebrates prematurely". The Telegraph.
4. ^ Evans, Daniel (12 August 2019). "Pentathlon GB end up with huge medal haul at European Championships in Bath". Somerset Live.
5. ^ "Jamie Cooke". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
6. ^ Pattle, Alex (7 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Joseph Choong wins gold for Team GB in men's modern pentathlon". The Independent.

## External links

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* James Cooke at UIPM
* James Cooke at UIPM
* James Cooke at Olympedia
* James Cooke at Team GB

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