At the 2016 Rio Paralymmpics, Cole won two gold medals in the Women's 100 m backstroke S9 and Women's 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay 34 points, three silver medals in the Women's 50 m and 400m Freestyle S9, Women's 4 x 100 Medley Relay 34 points and the bronze medal in the Women's 100m Freestyle S9. Cole alongside Maddison Elliott, Lakeisha Patterson and Ashleigh McConnell broke the world record for the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 Points with a time of 4.16.65.