medals at that years Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. She won bronze in the 400 metres, behind Australia's Debbie Flintoff and Jillian Richardson of Canada, silver in the 200 metres, behind Canadian Angella Issajenko, gold in the 4 × 100 m relay, with Paula Dunn, Joan Baptiste and Heather Oakes and ended the games with a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay, with Jane Parry, Linda Keough and Angela Piggford. The Great Britain and England Women's 4 × 100 m relay teams won a medal at eight consecutive Olympic (1980, 1984), World (1983), European (1978, 1982), and Commonwealth Championships (1978, 1982, 1986). Cook was the only woman to be a member of every squad. The run ended at the 1986 Europeans, when the British quartet (again, including Cook) was fifth. She always ran the second 'leg', her rangy gait (she is 5'11' tall) and speed endurance being ideal for this position. She also occasionally competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay. She won a total of sixteen senior national titles during her career. In the 1986 New Year Honours, Cook was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to athletics. Cook remains the only British athlete (male or female) to have reached Olympic finals at 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres. Her accomplishments are all the more significant because many of her rivals after the fall of the "Iron Curtain" were found to have been performing illegally. She retired in 1987, after competing at the UK Championships. Later career Cook is currently a PE teacher at Mayfield Preparatory School, in Walsall, England. Married since 1982 to Garry Cook, they have three children, a daughter and two sons. In 2011, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. She received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Wolverhampton in 2013. Personal bests 100 metres – 11.10 secs Rome 5 September 1981 (Former UK record 1981–2008) ran a wind-assisted 11.08 (25 August 1984 Zurich) 200 metres – 22.10 Los Angeles 9 August 1984 (UK record Aug 1984- Aug 2015) 300 metres – 35.46 London (Crystal Palace) 18 August 1984 (UK record, former World Best 1984–2003) 400 metres – 49.43 Los Angeles 6 August 1984 (Former UK record 1984–2013) 4 × 100 metres relay – 42.43 Moscow 1 August 1980 (Former UK record 1980–2014, with Heather Hunte, Beverley Goddard and Sonia Lannaman)