Janet Shackleton
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| File:Janet Shackleton 1950.jpg Shackleton at the 1950 British Empire Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Janet Park Shackleton 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]
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- 1928 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Waimate
- New Zealand women hurdlers
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Athletes from the Canterbury Region
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- New Zealand athletics biography stubs