At the 2016 Rio Summer Paralympic Games, Cockroft won three gold medals, retaining her title in the Women's 100 metres T34 Final, and winning the Women's 400 metres T34 Final, recording a new world-record time of 58.78 seconds, and the Women's 800 metres T34 Final. She broke the Games record in all three events. Upon her return home, she was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire.