Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe
MBE

Radcliffe at the 2008 New York City Marathon
Personal information
Born	(1973-12-17) 17 December 1973 (age 50) Davenham, Cheshire, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Weight	119 lb (54 kg)[1]
Spouse	Gary Lough
Children	2
Sport
Country	Great Britain  England
Club	Bedford & County Athletic Club Nike, Beaverton[1]
Retired	April 2015
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1996 5000 m, 5th 2000 10,000 m, 4th 2004 Marathon, DNF 10,000 m, DNF 2008 Marathon, 23rd
World finals	1993 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	3000 m: 8:22.20 NR (Monaco 2002) 5000 m: 14:29.11 (Bydgoszcz 2004) 10,000 m: 30:01.09 (Munich 2002) Half marathon: 65:40a NR (South Shields 2003) Marathon: 2:15:25 NR (London 2003)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2005 Helsinki Marathon 1999 Seville 10,000 m World Cross Country Championships 2002 Dublin Long race 2001 Ostend Long race 1992 Boston Junior race 2001 Ostend Short race 1998 Marrakech Long race 1997 Turin Long race 1999 Belfast Long race World Half Marathon Championships 2003 Vilamoura Individual 2001 Bristol Individual 2000 Veracruz Individual European Championships 2002 Munich 10,000 m European Cross Country Championships 2003 Edinburgh Individual 2003 Edinburgh Team 1998 Ferrara Individual European Cup 2004 Bydgoszcz 5000 m 1999 Paris 5000 m 1998 Saint Petersburg 5000 m 2001 Bremen 5000 m 1998 Saint Petersburg 1500 m 1997 Munich 3000 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 5000 m

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.^[2]

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^[3] 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.^[4][5]

She ended her competitive running career at the 2015 London Marathon.^[6]