Aoife Cooke
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 13 September 1986 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
Event | Marathon |
Aoife Cooke (born 13 September 1986) is an Irish national champion long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games.[1]
She is from Ballincollig in County Cork. She joined an athletics club at 11 years-of-age, but and also played soccer and camogie when she was growing-up. As a 17 year-old she took up a college scholarship in the United States at Arkansas Tech University. She enrolled in 2008 at University College Cork and later worked as a full-time personal trainer. She became based in Tower, County Cork. She is a lesbian and came out as gay when she was 18 years-old. In 2020, she gave a public webinar, in association with Athletics Ireland and Sporting Pride entitled Standing Proud, My Life as an Elite LGBTQ+ Marathon Runner.[2][3]
