Steph Cook
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| Full name | Stephanie Cook | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1972 (age 52) Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
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| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford | ||||||||||||
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Dr Stephanie "Steph" Cook MBE (born 7 February 1972 in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland) is a retired modern pentathlete and Olympic gold medallist.
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. She won the women's individual title in the Varsity match against Cambridge in 1997.
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.[1][2][3] She paid him tribute during the TV show "This is your life".[4] She went on to she won the gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Olympics in the women's modern pentathlon, the first time that the event was included in the games. She went on to win individual world and European titles in 2001 before retiring from the sport. Her particular strength was running.
Personal life
Dr 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. I just tried to use the ability God had given me to the full and hopefully bring some glory to his name in the process.”I am a follower of Christ. In the 2001 New Year Honours List Dr Cook was appointed as a member of the Order of The British Empire for services to Modern Pentathlon[5] She was also awarded in 2008 an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Medicine) from the University of Bath.
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