Hannah Cockroft MBE, enjoying the racing action in the Mall during the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games, Session Two - The Mall,
Hannah Lucy Cockroft MBE (born 30 July 1992) is a British wheelchair athlete specialising in sprint distances in the T34 classification. She holds the Paralympic and world records for both the 100 metres T34 and 200 metres T34. Competing for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she won two gold medals. In May 2012 she became the first Paralympic athlete to break a world record in the London Olympic Stadium, recording a time of seconds to win the 100 metres T34. She broke the record again at the Swiss National Championships later that month, finishing in seconds. Cockroft's gold postbox in Halifax, West Yorkshire On 31 August 2012 she won Great Britain's first track and field gold medal of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning the final of the 100 metres T34 in seconds, a Paralympic record. On 6 September, she won another gold medal in 200 metres T34 in seconds, also a Paralympic record. In honour of her achievements at London 2012, Royal Mail issued two postage stamps featuring Cockroft and painted two post boxes gold in her home town of Halifax. She was awarded the freedom of Calderdale at a homecoming event at the Halifax Piece Hall. Cockroft was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics. With Peter Eriksson appointed as UK Athletics head coach in October 2012, Cockroft will be coached by Australian Jenni Banks in 2013. In July 2013 at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon Cockroft retained both her T34 100 metres and T34 200 metres titles. On 28 July 2013 Cockroft won the T33/T34 100 metres race at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium with a stadium record time of seconds. 2014. In March 2014 Cockcroft competed in and won a Sport Relief edition of Strictly Come Dancing, dancing with Pasha Kovalev. On 1 June 2014 Cockroft recorded a new World Record time of at 1500 m during the Bedford International Games.
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Location: The Mall, London,
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