Carol Cooke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Carol Cooke
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Aug 6, 1961(1961-08-06)
Age	63
Birthplace	Toronto
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Leo

Carol Cooke Biography

Carol Cooke is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on August 6, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Carol Lynn Cooke was a Canadian citizen, born in Toronto on 6 August 1961. After following the footsteps of her family, she worked for the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force 14 years. She also spent time with the undercover drug team. After marrying her husband, she moved to Australia in 1994. Cooke was diagnosed in 1998 with multiple sclerosis, shortly before her 37th birthday. She is an advocate for people with multiple sclerosis. She is an ambassador for multiple sclerosis. In her role she co-founded the 24 Hour Mega Swim, a relay swimming competition that raises funds for those with multiple sclerosis. She lives in Northcote, a suburb of Melbourne, and is a motivational speaker as well as an event planner.

The Victorian Institute of Sport named Cooke the Victorian Masters’ Athlete of the year 2006. She was included in the Who’s Who of Australian Women, Victorians and Australian Women lists in 2008 and 2010. In 2006, she was awarded the Pride of Australia Medal in the “role-model” category. She also received the MS Australia 2009 John Studdy Award and was made a Paul Harris Fellow in 2009. She was awarded a commendation by the Minister for Health Volunteer Awards in 2011. She was named Cycling Australia’s Elite Female Para- Cyclist in November 2013. In the 2014 Australia Day Honours, she was made a Member of Australia. In 2015, 2016, and 2017, she was named Cycling Australia’s Female Elite Para-Cyclist. Cooke received the Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Masters Sportperson of the Year award in 2015, 2016, and

2017. She also received the VIS Award of Excellence from the Victorian Institute of Sport in 2017. Cooke was named Cycling Australia’s Para Female Road Cyclist for the year in 2019.

Competing at the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie- Comeau, Canada, she won two gold medals in the Women’s Individual Time Trial T2 and Women’s Road Race T2. Cooke successfully defended the titles at the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Greenville, South Carolina.

In 2015, at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland, she won a gold medal in the Women’s Time Trial T2 and a silver medal in the Women’s Road Race T2.

In December 2005, she attended a talent hunt day at the Victorian Institute of Sport. It was there that it was suggested that she start rowing. She began training in June 2006. The 2008 Beijing Paralympics was missed by her coxed four team due to a 0.8 second delay in qualifying for the World Cup tournament in Munich. She was also sixth at the 2009 World Rowing Championships.

Carol Cooke Net Worth

Carol Cooke is one of the richest Sport Cyclist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carol Cooke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Carol Lynn Cooke, AM, a Canadian-born Australian swimmer, cyclist and rower, was born 6 August 1961. She was a keen swimmer and was part of Canada’s national swimming team. However, her country pulled out of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. After moving to Australia in 1994 and being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she began rowing in 2006. She narrowly missed the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. After moving to Australia, she switched to cycling and won a gold medal in the London Paralympics 2012 and two gold medals in the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics 2016.

Cooke, a keen swimmer, was hoping to be a part of the Canadian team at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. However, Canada boycotted the games and Cooke did not participate. After that, Cooke began triathlon and came fifth at her first competition, 1985 World Police and Fire Games. She won five medals, four gold and one silver in masters’ swimming tournaments. At 44 years old, she was eligible for the Telstra Commonwealth Games Swimming Trials. She reached the finals in the 50 m breaststroke multidisability event.

She then took up cycling, buying a tricycle “on a whim”, and won both the trial and road racing events at the 2011 Australian Para-Cycling Road Championships. She won gold medals in both the road race and road trial competitions at the 2011 Para-cycling Road World Cup in Australia, silver medals in the same events at that year’s UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Denmark, and a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics in the Mixed Time Trial T1–2 event. Classified as a T2 cyclist, she is coached by Rebecca McConnell, receives a scholarship from the Victorian Institute of Sport, and is a member of St. Kilda CC.

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Who is Carol Cooke Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Carol Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Carol Cooke celebrates birthday on August 6 of every year.

How is Carol Cooke?

Carol was able to make the team at the age of 60 and won a silver medal in the Women’s T1-T2 Time Trial. Unfortunately in the road race she was involved in a crash and finished the Tokyo Paralympics in hospital. As of 2019 she has earned the World Champion title 9 times and finished 2019 ranked #1 in the World.

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Personal information
Country| Australia
Sport| Cycling
Disability| Multiple sclerosis
Disability class| T2