Nname: Paula RadcliffeNickname: Queen Paula Plucky Paula
Born: 17 December 1973
Place of birth: Northwich, England
Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight: 54 kg (120 lb; 8.5 st)
Hometown: Norwich, Great Britain
Personal best: 2:15:25 (marathon); 30:01.09 (10,000 meters); 14:29.11 (5,000 meters)
Age: 38
Country: United Kingdom
Club: Bedford & County Athletic Club
Gender: Female
Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE (born 17 December 1973) is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon, two-time New York Marathon champion, and won the 2002 Chicago Marathon. 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 has represented Great Britain at the Olympics four times consecutively (1996 to 2008), but has not won a medal on the Olympic stage. Radcliffe is an asthma sufferer who is against the use of drugs in sport. She is married to her coach, Gary Lough, and has two children.
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