Arthur Cook (sport shooter)
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Cook at an Olympic rifle range near London in 1948
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| Born | March 19, 1928 Washington, D.C., United States |
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Arthur Edwin "Art" Cook (born March 19, 1928) is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for the United States. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
Cook was born in Washington, DC. He attended the University of Maryland, where he was the captain of the rifle team. He coached the U.S. Deaf Olympic Team in 1969 and 1993, and helped establish the United States Air Force Marksmanship Training Program.[2] He was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.[3]
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- ↑ Maryland medalists, The Baltimore Sun, August 9, 2008.
- ↑ University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame: All-Time Inductees, University of Maryland, retrieved July 9, 2010.
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