Kare Adenegan

Karé Adenegan
Personal information
Born (2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 23)
Coventry, United Kingdom
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportWheelchair racing
Disability classT34
Event100 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 4828 m
ClubCoventry Godiva Harriers
Coached byJob King (club)
Paula Dunn (national)
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio 100 m T34
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T34
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 800 m T34
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 100 m T34
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 800 m T34
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio 400 m T34
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio 800 m T34
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha 400 m T34
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha 800 m T34
Silver medal – second place 2017 London 100 m T34
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 400 m T34
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 800 m T34

Karé Adenegan (born 29 December 2000) is a British wheelchair athlete specialising in sprint distances in the T34 classification.[1][2] She was classified as a disability athlete in 2013.

Competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, at the age of 15, she won a silver medal and two bronze medals.[3] In 2018, Adenegan set a then New World record in the T34 100m at the Müller Anniversary Games in London, with a time of 16.80 seconds. Adenegan is one of the only T34 athletes to have completed the 100 metres in sub 17 seconds.

In 2018, she won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.[4]

  1. ^ "Adenegan, Kare". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Kare Adenegan". powerof10.info. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016: Hannah Cockroft wins 100m gold". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ^ "BBC Young Sports Personality 2018: Kare Adenegan wins award". BBC Sport. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.