Sports People

In international competition at Salgotarjan, Hungary, Daniela Bartova of the Czech Republic broke her women’s pole vault record, leaping 13 feet, 10 inches, besting her previous mark of 13-9-3/4… . Ralph Kent Cooke, 58, a member of the Washington Redskins Board of Directors and oldest son of team owner Jack Kent Cooke, died of liver failure at a Lexington, Ky., hospital… . British driver Keith Odor died of injuries suffered when his Nissan was hit by a car traveling 120 mph during the Super Touring Car race on the Avus course in Berlin… . Erik Meek, a former Duke forward selected 41st overall by the Houston Rockets in the 1995 NBA draft, signed a one-year deal with Galatasaray in Istanbul, Turkey… . Flyweight Mark Johnson, the WBC’s second-ranked contender, stopped Marcos Pacheco in the fourth round.