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

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. Rainbow-Cooper began wheelchair racing in 2013 and is part of Weir Archer Academy. In the

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, 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

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2001 births Living people English female wheelchair racers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English women Sportspeople from Portsmouth Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{UK-athletics-bio-stub