Janet Shackleton

Janet Park Cooke (née Shackleton) is a former New Zealand hurdler. At the 1950 British Empire Games, as Janet Shackleton, she won the bronze medal in the 80 m hurdles.[1]

Janet Cooke

Shackleton at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Birth name	Janet Park Shackleton
Spouse(s)	John Humphrey Cooke ​ ( m. 1953; died 2013)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	80 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	11.4 (1950)[1]
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1950 Auckland 80 m hurdles

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]

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.