Kare Adenegan
Karé Adenegan (born 29 December 2000) is a British wheelchair athlete specialising in sprint distances in the T34 classification. She was classified as a disability athlete in 2013.
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| Born | 29 December 2000 Coventry, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 4828 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Coventry Godiva Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Job King (club) Paula Dunn (national) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, at the age of 15, she won a silver medal and two bronze medals. 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
Adenegan is also the only athlete to have defeated Hannah Cockroft in a T34 Women's wheelchair race. (Once in 2015 aged 14yrs and twice in 2018 aged 17 yrs old).
In 2018, she won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.