.jpg) Rainbow-Cooper after winning 2024 Boston Marathon | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 May 2001 Portsmouth, England[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||
| Disability | Sacral agenesis | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Red Velvet Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Arno Mul (2023 - present) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eden Rainbow-Cooper (born 17 May 2001) is an elite English Paralympic athlete from Portsmouth. Rainbow-Cooper is a T54 athlete who competes as a wheelchair racer.[2]
She was born with sacral agenesis. Rainbow-Cooper began wheelchair racing in 2013 and is since 2023 coached by the Dutch coach Arno Mul. From 2013 to 2023 she was a part of Weir Archer Academy.[3] In the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal in the marathon (T54) event.[4] She went on to come first in London's Big Half, equalling Manuela Schär’s course record for the women's wheelchair race.[5] In September 2022, she won the women's wheelchair race in the Great North Run.[6]
In April 2024, she won the women's wheelchair race in the Boston Marathon, becoming the first woman from Great Britain to do so.[7][8]
Eden made her Paralympic debut at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.[9] There she competed in the 1500m, 5000m and marathon in the T54 classification. She came 7th in 1500m but failed to finish the 5000m or marathon.[10]
- ^ "Eden Rainbow-Cooper". Team England. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Eden Rainbow-Cooper - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Eden Rainbow-Cooper - Athletics | Team England Profile". Team England. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Athletics - Women's Para Marathon (T53/54) results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Historic half for the elites". The Big Half. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Media, P. A. (11 September 2022). "Jacob Kiplimo and Hellen Obiri streak to victory in Great North Run". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Haynes, Veronica (15 April 2024). "Hug shatters record; Cooper enjoys historic win in Boston Marathon wheelchair races". WCVB. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Pinnow, Faith. "Eden Rainbow-Cooper wins women's wheelchair division". www.boston.com.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Eden Rainbow-Cooper wants to smash ceilings". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "EDEN RAINBOW-COOPER STORMS INTO THE FINAL IN A RACE SHE DIDN'T PLAN TO COMPETE IN". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.