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McCooke cycled 75 miles, twice a week to train with his club the East Antrim Harriers.<ref name=oly/> McCooke finished third behind [[Sydney Wooderson]] in the 3 miles event at the [[1946 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19460720/064/0004 |title=Swede first to win AAA title |work=Daily Herald |date=20 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19460722/122/0004 |title=AAA results |work=Daily News (London) |date=22 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> |
McCooke cycled 75 miles, twice a week to train with his club the East Antrim Harriers.<ref name=oly/> McCooke finished third behind [[Sydney Wooderson]] in the 3 miles event at the [[1946 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19460720/064/0004 |title=Swede first to win AAA title |work=Daily Herald |date=20 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19460722/122/0004 |title=AAA results |work=Daily News (London) |date=22 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> |
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Two years later McCooke finished third behind [[Stan Cox]] in the 6 miles event at the [[1948 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19480703/069/0004 |title=Mac Bailey Runs Two Fast 220’s |work=Daily News (London) |date=3 July 1948 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards McCooke represented the [[Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Great Britain team]] at the 1948 Olympic Games in London in the [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men’s 10,000 metres|men’s 10,000 metres event]].<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69291 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> |
Two years later McCooke finished third behind [[Stan Cox]] in the 6 miles event at the [[1948 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19480703/069/0004 |title=Mac Bailey Runs Two Fast 220’s |work=Daily News (London) |date=3 July 1948 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards McCooke represented the [[Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Great Britain team]] at the 1948 Olympic Games in London in the [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men’s 10,000 metres|men’s 10,000 metres event]].<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69291 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> |
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British long-distance runner
| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) |
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| Born | 4 September 1918 Armoy, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 16 March 2007 (aged 88) Broughshane, Northern Ireland |
| Sport | middle/long-distance running |
| Event | 10,000 metres |
| Club | East Antrim Harriers |
Stephen Hunter McCooke (4 September 1918 – 16 March 2007) was a British and Northern Irish long-distance runner who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
McCooke cycled 75 miles, twice a week to train with his club the East Antrim Harriers.[2] McCooke finished third behind Sydney Wooderson in the 3 miles event at the 1946 AAA Championships.[3][4]
Two years later McCooke finished third behind Stan Cox in the 6 miles event at the 1948 AAA Championships.[5][6][7] Shortly afterwards McCooke represented the Great Britain team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London in the men’s 10,000 metres event.[2]
He was inducted into Newtown Abbey Councils’ Sporting Hall of Fame in 2002.[2]
