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Eden Rainbow-Cooper (born 17 May 2001) is an elite English

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athlete from

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. Rainbow-Cooper is a T54 athlete who competes as a wheelchair racer. 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. In the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal in the marathon (T54) event. She went on to come first in London's Big Half, equalling Manuela Schär’s course record for the women's wheelchair race. In September 2022, she won the women's wheelchair race in the Great North Run. In April 2024, she won the women's wheelchair race in the Boston Marathon, becoming the first woman from

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to do so. Eden made her Paralympic debut at the

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held in Paris, France. 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.

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2001 births Living people English female wheelchair racers British female wheelchair racers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Portsmouth Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Boston Marathon female winners 21st-century English sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{England-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub