Kadeena Cox

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.

[2] In 2012 Cox was entering national events and recorded a new personal best in the 200m in the BUCS Championships held at the Olympic Park, a result which saw her take bronze.

[6][7] On 18 May 2014, Cox entered the Loughborough International: two days later she was rushed to hospital after showing odd symptoms and was diagnosed as having a stroke.

In the heats leading up to the final of the 100m sprint, Cox posted a time of 13.59s to beat the world record set by France's Mandy Francois-Elie.

[11] Later that day she ran in the 100m T37 final, taking the gold medal in a time of 13:60, beating teammate Georgina Hermitage into second place.

This threw her hopes to race at Rio into jeopardy as Britain already fielded two other athletes, Sophie Hahn and Olivia Breen, who had posted faster times as T38 sprinters.

[20] In September 2015, Cox entered the British National Track Championships where she took the gold medal in the C1-5 Mixed Gender Sprint Time Trial.

[21] In March 2016, Cox represented Great Britain at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari.

[28][29][30] On 5 June 2022, Cox, riding a cycle alongside Sir Chris Hoy, headed "The Time of Our Lives" section of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant.

In September 2021, Cox won the sixteenth series of BBC's Celebrity MasterChef, beating Joe Swash and Megan McKenna.

[38] On 7 January 2023, Cox appeared on stage in The Awakening, the inaugural event for LEEDS 2023, a year-long cultural festival in the city.

Cox on stage at The Awakening, for LEEDS 2023