KARE Adenegan is eyeing gold at the upcoming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
The 23-year-old won two silver medals in the T34 100m and 800m at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
And following her recent success at the World Championships in Paris last year, Adenegan in now preparing for her third Paralympic Games.
Adenegan said: “My preparations for Paris 2024 are going well and I am at a good stage ahead of the games.
“I am very grateful to have access to the University of Warwick’s sport facilities so close to home, which have been hugely beneficial in supporting my ongoing training.”
Adenegan trains on the specialist athletics track and uses the gym facilities at the Sports and Wellness Hub at the University of Warwick.
The five-time Paralympic medallist was excluded from PE at a young age due to her disabilities.
However, the heroic performances of GB athletes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games inspired Adenegan to kickstart her own athletics journey.
She began her journey at Coventry Godiva Harriers Athletics Club and came second in a London mini marathon.
And Adenegan then won one silver and two bronze medals with a trio of stunning performances at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games aged just 15-years-old.
Adenegan won her first major international gold medal in the T34 100m in 2018 at the European Championships in Berlin, Germany.
And the Coventry athlete then broke the T34 women’s 100m world record at the London Muller Anniversary Diamond League before claiming the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.
After graduating from the University of Warwick in 2022, Adenegan began studying for a PGCE which she has put on pause for now as she steps up her preparations for this summer’s Games in Paris.
Adenegan plans to return to her studies after the Games with ambitions to teach history at secondary
school in the future, alongside a continued involvement in participating in and promoting disabled
sports in the future.
