Janet Shackleton

Janet Cooke

Shackleton at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Birth name	Janet Park Shackleton
Born	(1928-07-10)10 July 1928
Died	17 May 2021(2021-05-17) (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 Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 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

1. Janet Shackleton. trackfield.brinkster.net
2. "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.