Emma Cooke
American archer (1848–1929)
Emma C. Cooke (September 7, 1848 – January 22, 1929) was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. She was born in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania. Cooke won two silver medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double national and Columbia rounds behind Matilda Howell.
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