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Paula Radcliffe

1973 - Today

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Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE (born 17 December 1973) is a British former 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. Radcliffe is a former world champion in the marathon, half marathon and cross country. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paula Radcliffe is the 2,731st most popular athlete (down from 2,120th in 2019), the 6,322nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,472nd in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paula Radcliffe ranks 2,731 out of 6,025. Before her are Grigoriy Yegorov, Stephanie Graf, Philippe Omnès, Dong Hyun Kim, Constanța Burcică, and Voitto Hellsten. After her are Joseph Keter, Kirk Baptiste, Hiromi Taniguchi, Robson da Silva, Marina Wilke, and Lars Riedel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Paula Radcliffe ranks 493. Before her are Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Stephanie Graf, Chris Webber, George Hincapie, Alex Kurtzman, and Hicham Arazi. After her are Zé Maria, Thuy Trang, Sinnamon Love, Oksana Yermakova, Tom Tugendhat, and Souleymanou Hamidou.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paula Radcliffe ranks 6,324 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter Lord (1953), Clemence Dane (1888), Sean Biggerstaff (1983), Victoria Hislop (1959), Sally Ann Howes (1930), and Gavin McInnes (1970). After her are Sophie Hannah (1971), Scott Parker (1980), Montagu Toller (1871), Colin Morgan (1986), Sandy Turnbull (1884), and Nigel Havers (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Paula Radcliffe ranks 111. Before her are Nellie Halstead (1910), Mark Richardson (1972), Jayne Torvill (1957), Walter D'Hondt (1936), Daley Thompson (1958), and Alastair McCorquodale (1925). After her are Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), Phil Brown (1962), Peter Radford (1939), Alan Pascoe (1947), Dorothy Hyman (1941), and Steve Redgrave (1962).

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