Kathy Smallwood-Cook
Kathryn Jane Cook (née
Smallwood; born 3 May 1960) is a former athlete, specialising in sprint and sprint relays. She is one of the most successful female
sprinters in British athletics history. She is three-times an
Olympic bronze medallist, including at 400 metres in
Los Angeles 1984. Her other individual achievements include winning the 200m at the
1981 Universiade, finishing second in the 100m at the
1981 World Cup, and winning a bronze medal in the 200m at the
1983 World Championships. She is also three-times a winner of the British Athletics Writers' Association Female Athlete of the Year Award (1980–82). Cook held the UK National records for 100m, 200m and 400m for over 25 years.
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