Janet Shackleton

Janet Cooke
Shackleton at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Birth nameJanet Park Shackleton
Born(1928-07-10)10 July 1928
Died17 May 2021(2021-05-17) (aged 92)
Wellington, New Zealand
Spouse
John Humphrey Cooke
(m. 1953; died 2013)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Event80 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best11.4 (1950)[1]
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 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.[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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  1. ^ a b Janet Shackleton. trackfield.brinkster.net
  2. ^ a b c "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.