Gillian Cooke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gillian Cooke
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Oct 3, 1982(1982-10-03)
Age	42
Birthplace	Scotland
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Libra

Gillian Cooke Biography

Gillian Cooke is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on October 3, 1982 in Scotland, United Kingdom. Gillian Cooke (born 3 October 1982) is a Scottish track and field athlete as well as bobsledder.

After Minichiello’s retirement from race, Cooke became brakewoman for Paula Walker, Minichiello’s successor as British number. 1 driver. Rebekah Wilson took over Cooke as Walker’s co-driver and was given the GBR1 slot at Sochi in 2014. After her selection was not made, Cooke quit bobsleigh in 2014 and decided to return to track hoping to be selected in the Scottish team for the long-jump event at 2014’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. But she was unable to be selected for the team even though she reached the required standard only once rather than twice as was required however her second-longest jump was just 3 cm less than the norm.

A foot injury caused her to miss training for track and field, Cooke joined driver Nicola Minichiello in the bobsleigh race for two women as brakewoman after a test in the month of October. Minichiello as well as Cooke were awarded the gold medal in the event for two women in the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. They finished seventh in this same competition which took place in St Moritz in 2010, despite having some issues with Cooke’s racing suit prototype that split in the seatjust minutes before she began her bobsleigh race. In in the 2010 Winter Olympics, they crashed out during the third race of the two-woman race and were unable to begin the final race because of it.

Gillian Cooke Net Worth

Gillian Cooke is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gillian Cooke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gillian Cooke was born and was raised in Edinburgh. Her education was in George Watson’s College, she began her professional career as a track and field athlete with the Edinburgh Southern Harriers. The year 2001 was the time she earned third place at the Triple Jump event of the Commonwealth Youth Games, and established the Scottish junior record in the pole vault. She broke 3 Scottish record-setting senior pole vault records within just two months during 2002 and was chosen to be the representative of Scotland in this sport in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

As of 2003, she began participating in the long-jump and was awarded gold during the AAA championships. She started focusing to the long leap in the year 2004, and was awarded GB the chance to compete in this race in 2005. She was the representative for Scotland during the long-jump event during the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she placed eleventh. She also won the Scottish 100m sprint rankings as well as the British 60-metre rankings.

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Facts & Trivia

Gillian Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Gillian Cooke celebrates birthday on October 3 of every year.