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Born | Portsmouth, England [1] | 17 May 2001||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | England | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||
Disability | Sacral agenesis | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||
Club | Red Velvet Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Arno Mul (2023 - present) | ||||||||||||||
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 since 2023 coached by the Dutch coach Arno Mul. From 2013 to 2023 she was a 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]
In April 2024, she won the women's wheelchair race in the
Boston Marathon, becoming the first woman from
Great Britain to do so.
[7]
[8]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Portsmouth, England [1] | 17 May 2001||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | England | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||
Disability | Sacral agenesis | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||
Club | Red Velvet Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Arno Mul (2023 - present) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
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 since 2023 coached by the Dutch coach Arno Mul. From 2013 to 2023 she was a 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]
In April 2024, she won the women's wheelchair race in the
Boston Marathon, becoming the first woman from
Great Britain to do so.
[7]
[8]