Kadeena Cox

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. 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.

Kadeena Cox
OBE
Cox at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
NicknameKDC
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1991-03-10) 10 March 1991
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
2016 Rio400 m – T38
2016 Rio4 × 100 m – T35-38
2016 Rio100 m – T38
World Championships
2015 Doha100 m – T37
2015 Doha4 × 100 m – T35-38
2017 London400 m – T38
2017 London100 m – T38
2017 London200 m – T38
European Championships
2016 Grosseto200 m – T38
Women's para cycling
Paralympic Games
2016 RioC4-5 time trial
2020 TokyoC4-5 time trial
2020 TokyoMixed team sprint (C1–5)
Track World Championships
2016 Montichiari500 m time trial – C4
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines500 m time trial – C4
2023 Glasgow500 m time trial – C4
2024 Rio de Janeiro500 m time trial – C4
2023 GlasgowMixed team sprint – C1–5

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, and another gold in the T38 400m sprint, becoming the first British Paralympian to win golds in multiple sports at the same Games since Isabel Barr at the 1984 Summer Paralympics.

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.

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