Eden Rainbow-Cooper
English wheelchair racer
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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]
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Rainbow-Cooper after winning 2024 Boston Marathon | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 May 2001 Portsmouth, England[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||
| Disability | Sacral agenesis | ||||||||||||||
| T54 | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Red Velvet Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Arno Mul (2023 - present) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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] She won again in 2026, with a finishing time of 1:30:51.[9]
Eden made her Paralympic debut at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.[10] There she competed in the 1500m, 5000m and marathon in the T54 classification. She came 7th in 1500m but failed to finish the 5000m or marathon.[11]
