About Kadeena
Kadeena Cox is a British Paralympic athlete who won four gold medals across two sports at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. At Rio 2016, she became the first person in 32 years to win gold medals in two different sports at the same Paralympic Games, competing in the T38 athletics 400m and C4 cycling 500m time trial and setting world records in both events. She repeated this achievement at Tokyo 2020, winning gold in athletics and cycling again with two more world records. She won five World Championship gold medals across athletics and cycling.
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- Winning two gold medals in two different sports at the same Paralympic Games
- Setting world records in athletics and cycling at the Paralympics
- Winning Celebrity Masterchef in 2021
- Overcoming adversity after suffering a stroke
- Being the only black British athlete to win Olympic or Paralympic gold in cycling
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