Kathy Smallwood-Cook

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Kathy Smallwood-Cook
MBE

Personal information
Birth name	Kathyrn Jane Smallwood
Born	(1960-05-03) 3 May 1960 (age 64) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 4×100 m relay 1984 Los Angeles 400 m 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m relay World Championships 1983 Helsinki 4×100 m relay 1983 Helsinki 200 m European Championships 1978 Prague 4×100 m relay 1982 Athens 200 m 1982 Athens 4×100 m relay World Cup 1981 Rome 100 m World Student Games (Universiade) 1981 Bucharest 200 m 1979 Mexico City 100 m 1979 Mexico City 200 m 1979 Mexico City 4×100 m relay 1981 Bucharest 4×100 m relay Commonwealth Games Representing  England 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m relay 1982 Brisbane 4×100 m relay 1986 Edinburgh 4×100 m relay 1982 Brisbane 200 m 1986 Edinburgh 200 m 1986 Edinburgh 4×400 m relay 1986 Edinburgh 400 m

Kathryn Jane Cook MBE (née Smallwood; born 3 May 1960) is a former elite 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. Her 100m best of 11.10secs, stood as the UK record from 1981 to 2008. Her 200m best of 22.10 secs, stood as the UK record from 1984 to 2015. She had first broken the 200m record in 1979. Her 400m best of 49.43, stood as the UK record from 1984 to 2013. She had first broken the 400m record in 1982. In the sprint relay, along with Heather Hunte, Bev Goddard and Sonia Lannaman, she set the UK record with 42.43 at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which stood as the UK record until 2014. She is also a former holder of the World Best for 300m, running 35.46 in 1984.