Kadeena Cox

Kadeena Cox
Cox at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1991-03-10) 10 March 1991
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 Rio 400 m – T38
2016 Rio 4 × 100 m – T35-38
2016 Rio 100 m – T38
World Championships
2015 Doha 100 m – T37
2015 Doha 4 × 100 m – T35-38
2017 London 400 m – T38
2017 London 100 m – T38
2017 London 200 m – T38
European Championships
2016 Grosseto 200 m – T38
Women's para cycling
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio C4-5 time trial
2020 Tokyo C4-5 time trial
2020 Tokyo Mixed team sprint C1–5
2024 Paris Mixed team sprint C1–5
Track World Championships
2016 Montichiari 500 m time trial C4
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 500 m time trial C4
2023 Glasgow 500 m time trial C4
2024 Rio de Janeiro 500 m time trial C4
2020 Milton 500 m time trial C4
2023 Glasgow Mixed team sprint C1–5
2025 Rio de Janeiro 1 km time trial C4
2025 Rio de Janeiro Sprint C4
2025 Rio de Janeiro Mixed team sprint C1–5

Kadeena Cox (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.

Competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in both athletics and cycling, she won a bronze medal in the 100 metres T38 sprint, before winning a gold medal in the time trial C4-5 cycling event, and another gold in the 400 metres T38 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.