Nicole Cooke

Nicole Cooke
MBE
	Cooke on the podium after winning the 2007 Geelong World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Nicole Denise Cooke
Nickname	The Wick Wonder, Cookie
Born	13 April 1983; Swansea, Wales
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb; 9 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
	Cardiff Ajax CC
Professional teams
2002	Deia-Pragma-Colnago
2003	Ausra Gruodis-Safi
2004–2005	Safi–Pasta Zara–Manhattan
2006	Univega Raleigh Lifeforce
2007	Raleigh Lifeforce Creation HB Pro Cycling Team
2008	Team Halfords Bikehut
2009	Vision 1 Racing
2011	MCipollini–Giordana
2012	Faren–Honda
Major wins
	UCI Women's Road World Cup Overall (2003, 2006) La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (2003, 2005, 2006) Amstel Gold Race (2003) GP Castilla y Leon (2006) Geelong World Cup (2007) Tour of Flanders for Women (2007) GP de Plouay (2003) Stage Races Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (2006, 2007) Giro d'Italia Femminile (2004) Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (2006) Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol (2009) Single-day races Olympic Games Road Race Champion (2008) World Road Race Champion (2008) Commonwealth Games Road Race Champion (2002) National Road Race Champion (1999, 2001–2009) National Cyclo-cross Champion (2001) GP de Wallonie (2005) T Mobile International (2004) Souvenir Magali Pache (2006)
Medal record
Women's Cycling
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
UCI Road World Championships
Representing Wales
Commonwealth Games

Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cycling discipline. Cooke announced her retirement from the sport on 14 January 2013 at the age of 29.