Facts: - sport: cycling - residence: northcote , victoria - headercolor: yellow - caption: 2012 australian paralympic team portrait of cooke - country: australia - club: st. kilda cc - fullname: carol lynn cooke - birth date: 6 august 1961 - name: carol cooke - nationality: australia - image: 190411 processing.jpg - carol cooke - 3b - 2012 team - birth place: toronto , canada Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carol cooke .
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carol lynn cooke , -lrb- born 6 august 1961 -rrb- is a canadian-born australian cyclist , swimmer and rower .a keen swimmer , she was part of the canadian national swimming team and was hoping to be selected for the 1980 moscow olympics before her country boycotted the games .she moved to australia in 1994 , was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 , and took up rowing in 2006 , in which she narrowly missed out on being part of the 2008 beijing paralympics .she then switched to cycling , where she won a gold medal at the 2012 london paralympics .