Myrtle Alice Cook (also competed as Myrtle McGowan) (January 5, 1902 – March 18, 1985) was a Canadian athlete who won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Cook (left, #675), winning in a preliminary heat in the women's 100m race against Norma Wilson of New Zealand and Bets ter Horst of Netherlands on July 30, 1928 at the 1928 Summer Olympic Games.
Cook contributed significantly to women's sports in Canada, helping to establish the Toronto Ladies Athletic Club, serving as director of athletics for the Canadian Ladies Athletic Club, and founding a branch of that club in Montreal.[1] During the Second World War, she was active in fundraising and assisted in training military recruits.[1] She died in Elora, Ontario on March 18, 1985.[1]
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