Paula Radcliffe

Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE (born 17 December 1973) is a former British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), the 2002 Chicago Marathon winner and the 2005 World Champion in the Marathon from Helsinki. She was previously the fastest female marathoner of all time, and held the Women's World Marathon Record with a time of 2:15:25 for 16 years from 2003 to 2019 when it was broken by Brigid Kosgei.

Paula Radcliffe
MBE
Radcliffe at the 2008 New York City Marathon
Personal information
Born (1973-12-17) 17 December 1973
Davenham, Cheshire, England
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight119 lb (54 kg)
SpouseGary Lough
Children2
Sport
Country Great Britain
 England
ClubBedford & County Athletic Club
Nike, Beaverton
RetiredApril 2015
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1996 5000 m, 5th
2000 10,000 m, 4th
2004 Marathon, DNF
10,000 m, DNF
2008 Marathon, 23rd
World finals1993 3000 m, 7th
1995 5000 m, 5th
1997 5000 m, 4th
1999 10,000 m,  Silver
2001 10,000 m, 4th
2005 10,000 m, 9th
Marathon,  Gold
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2005 HelsinkiMarathon
1999 Seville10,000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2002 DublinLong race
2001 OstendLong race
1992 BostonJunior race
2001 OstendShort race
1998 MarrakechLong race
1997 TurinLong race
1999 BelfastLong race
World Half Marathon Championships
2003 VilamouraIndividual
2001 BristolIndividual
2000 VeracruzIndividual
European Championships
2002 Munich10,000 m
European Cross Country Championships
2003 EdinburghIndividual
2003 EdinburghTeam
1998 FerraraIndividual
European Cup
2004 Bydgoszcz5000 m
1999 Paris5000 m
1998 Saint Petersburg5000 m
2001 Bremen5000 m
1998 Saint Petersburg1500 m
1997 Munich3000 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester5000 m

Radcliffe is a former world champion in the marathon, half marathon and cross country. She has also been European champion over 10,000 metres and in cross country. On the track, Radcliffe won the 10,000 metres silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and was the 2002 Commonwealth champion at 5000 metres. She represented Great Britain at the Olympics in four consecutive games (1996 to 2008), although she never won an Olympic medal.

Her running has earned her a number of accolades including the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Laureus World Comeback of the Year, IAAF World Athlete of the Year, AIMS World Athlete of the Year (three times) and a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). She has also been nominated for World Sportswoman of the year on several occasions. In 2010, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Loughborough University Hall of Fame in 2015.

She ended her competitive running career at the 2015 London Marathon.

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