Eden Rainbow-Cooper
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 May 2001 Portsmouth, England[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||
| Disability | Sacral agenesis | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Weir Archer Academy | ||||||||||||||
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 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]
References
- ^ "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.
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