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Janet Cooke

Shackleton at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Birth name	Janet Park Shackleton
Born	(1928-07-10)10 July 1928
Died	17 May 2021(2021-05-17) (aged 92) Wellington, New Zealand
Spouse	John Humphrey Cooke ​ ​(m. 1953; died 2013)​
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics
Event	80 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best	11.4 (1950)
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1950 Auckland 80 m hurdles

Janet Park Cooke (née Shackleton; 10 July 1928 – 17 May 2021) was a New Zealand hurdler. At the 1950 British Empire Games, as Janet Shackleton, she won the bronze medal in the 80 metres hurdles.

In 1953, she married John Humphrey Cooke at Waimate, and the couple went on to have four children. In the late 1950s, they purchased the 8,000-acre (3,200 ha) Big Ben Station near the Rakaia Gorge, where they farmed sheep and cattle. In 1991, Janet and John Cooke retired to Akaroa, before moving to Greenpark near Lincoln, and then Wellington, where John Cooke died in 2013. Janet Cooke died in Wellington on 17 May 2021.

References

1. ^ Janet Shackleton. trackfield.brinkster.net
2. ^ "John Humphrey Cooke" (PDF). In Memoriam 2013. Christ's College Old Boys' Association. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
3. "Janet Cooke death notice". The Press. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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