Mark Cocker (born 14 June 1982) is a freestyle wrestler, Ju-Jitsu and Judo player who trains with Bolton Olympic Wrestling Club.

Cocker's junior career saw him take regional and national titles and he was chosen to represent Great Britain in the World Cadet Championships in 1998 held at the then Nynex Arena in Manchester.

In 2002, he narrowly lost a 'wrestle off' for the English 2002 Commonwealth Games team to a former South African wrestler who gained eligibility to wrestle for England.

What made Cocker stand out from other elite British wrestlers was his part-time status, receiving no funding as he developed his career in teaching.

[8] In July 2010, Cocker was chosen to represent Great Britain at the UK Sport funded GB World Cup event held in Sheffield and won the silver medal, beating wrestlers from Uzbekistan and Latvia to reach the final.

Cocker won both matches and was selected to represent Team England in both the Greco-Roman and Freestyle disciplines[12][13] making him the only English wrestler to ever compete at a Commonwealth Games in both styles.

[22] On 11 May 2014 Cocker placed third[23] at the 2014 British Open Wrestling Championships (the final qualifier for the 2014 Commonwealth Games), losing only one bout to the eventual winner of the tournament.

In August 2014 it was discovered that the winner of Cocker's weight failed a drugs test[24] at the 2014 British Open and was found guilty of a doping violation resulting in a two-year ban from all competitions.

Cocker secured notable wins over Mandhir Kooner (Commonwealth Games bronze medallist) and Richard Tuke, suplexing and pinning his opponent in the final bout.