Kare Adenegan was classified as a disability athlete in 2013.
11 Facts About Kare Adenegan
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In 2018, Adenegan set a then New World record in the T34 100m at the Muller Anniversary Games in London, with a time of 16.80 seconds.
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Kare Adenegan is one of the only T34 athletes to have completed the 100 metres in sub 17 seconds.
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Kare Adenegan is the only athlete to have defeated Hannah Cockroft in a T34 Women's wheelchair race.
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Kare Adenegan was born in 2000 in Coventry, England and attended Bablake School.
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Kare Adenegan took up wheelchair racing in 2012, after being inspired by the Summer Paralympics in London.
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In September 2015 Kare Adenegan managed a major sporting coup when at the Grand Prix final in London she became the first athlete to beat world record holder Hannah Cockroft in more than seven years.
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In 2018 aged 17, Kare Adenegan broke the T34, women's 100 metres world record at the London Muller Anniversary Diamond League defeating Hannah Cockroft by half a second.
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Kare Adenegan's placed a time of 16:80 seconds making her the only T34 athlete to have gone under 17 seconds in the history of the sport.
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Kare Adenegan got her first gold medal in senior competition and a silver in the 800 metres in the same competition.
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Kare Adenegan is a member of the Christians in Sport organisation.