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Garry Cook (born 10 January 1958) is a former British athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres with a best time of 1:44.55.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett and Philip Brown.
He was a World Record holder in the rarely run 4x800m as a part of a quartet that also contained Peter Elliott, Steve Cram and Sebastian Coe. They ran a time of 7 minutes 3.89 seconds on 30 August 1982 at Crystal Palace.
After a successful athletics career, Cook qualified as a teacher specialising in Physical Education and Geography. His most notable teaching role to date is a post at Hallfield School in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Hallfield School is an independent primary day school, enrolling pupils from aged 2–11. Cook left Hallfield School in the summer of 2003 to take up a more senior teaching post at a school in Walsall.
He is married to former fellow Olympian Kathy Cook; they have three children, Sarah (1988), Matthew (1989) and George (1992) and reside in Walsall, England.
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