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Who is Kadeena Cox? I'm A Celebrity 2021 star and Paralympic champion

She won her fourth Paralympic gold in the summer, clinched the Celebrity MasterChef crown and now, Kadeena Cox is ready to take on the I'm A Celebrity castle.

The 30-year-old athlete - who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2014 - has said that taking part on the show is going to be the toughest thing she's ever done, mentally.

"Going on I’m A Celebrity is something so different for me and it’s completely out of my comfort zone," she said.

“As a Paralympian, you are always trying to get that one per cent extra all the time and defending my title earlier this year in Tokyo was the hardest thing I have ever had to do but I think going into the Castle is going to be far harder mentally."

Any phobias?

“I am scared of spiders, I don’t like rats, I don’t like snakes, and I don’t like heights. But I am hoping the athlete in me will want to do it for the team and just get through that tough moment. I will scream afterwards!

"My mum thinks I am crazy to be doing it too and it hasn’t quite sunk in yet, but I am also really looking forward to meeting some new people from different walks of life.”

Kadeena Cox hopes that she can win I'm A Celebrity - despite her many phobias (ITV)

Made any preparations for I'm A Celeb?

“As an athlete you have to be very disciplined and stay away from things that you want to eat and do and so I am hoping it will give me a bit of an edge but I do also have a sweet tooth and so I have already started to cut sugar out of my diet.”

Want to win?

“If I were to win I’m A Celebrity as a disabled person and show that I can overcome things, then I think that would be a great thing to show that people with all disabilities can do things."

Odds on winning

16/1

*I'm A Celebrity returns on Sunday at 9pm on ITV

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