Janet Shackleton
 Shackleton at the 1950 British Empire Games | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Janet Park Shackleton | |||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1928 | |||||||||||
| Died | 17 May 2021 (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)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1]
In 1953, she married John Humphrey Cooke at Waimate, and the couple went on to have four children.[2] 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.[2] In 1991, Janet and John Cooke retired to Akaroa, before moving to Greenpark near Lincoln, and then Wellington, where John Cooke died in 2013.[2] Janet Cooke died in Wellington on 17 May 2021.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Janet Shackleton. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b c "John Humphrey Cooke" (PDF). In Memoriam 2013. Christ's College Old Boys' Association. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Janet Cooke death notice". The Press. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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