Kadeena Cox

Kadeena Cox
Cox at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1991-03-10) 10 March 1991 (age 33)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics, cycling
Disability classT38, C4
Event(s)T38 sprint, C4 para-cycling
ClubSale Harriers
Coached byJoseph McDonnell
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st – 100 m (T37)
1st – 400m WR (T38)
Personal best(s)100m sprint: 12.98s
200m sprint: 27.15s
400m sprint: 1:00.71
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's para athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio 400 m – T38
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio 4 × 100 m – T35-38
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio 100 m – T38
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha 100 m – T37
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha 4 × 100 m – T35-38
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 400 m – T38
Silver medal – second place 2017 London 100 m – T38
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 200 m – T38
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto 200 m – T38
Women's para cycling
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio C4-5 time trial
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo C4-5 time trial
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team sprint C1–5
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed team sprint C1–5
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montichiari 500 m time trial – C4
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 500 m time trial – C4
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow 500 m time trial – C4
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rio de Janeiro 500 m time trial – C4
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Mixed team sprint – C1–5
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Kadeena Cox OBE (born 10 March 1991) is a parasport athlete competing in T38 para-athletics sprint events and C4 para-cycling and British television presenter.[1] She was part of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships and the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, in which she won world titles in the T37 100m and C4 500m time trial respectively.[2][3][4]

Competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in both athletics and cycling, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T38 sprint, before winning a gold medal in the Women's C4-5 cycling time trial,[5] and another gold in the T38 400m sprint,[6] becoming the first British Paralympian to win golds in multiple sports at the same Games since Isabel Barr at the 1984 Summer Paralympics.[7]

In 2021 she appeared as a contestant on ITV's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. In September 2021, Cox was the winner of the sixteenth series of BBC's Celebrity MasterChef.

  1. ^ "Cox, Kadeena". paralympic.org. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Kadeena Cox". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Olympics dream of Leeds sprinter with MS". Yorkshire Evening Post. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. ^ Gales, Aaron (17 March 2016). "Golden start for Great Britain at UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016: Kadeena Cox wins time trial to add to athletics gold". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference winter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016: Kadeena Cox's tireless pursuit of sprint and cycling glory". bbc.co.uk. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.