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Paula Radcliffe

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Paula Jane Radcliffe (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 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Paula Radcliffe is the 2,704th most popular athlete (down from 2,083rd in 2024), the 6,339th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,471st in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paula Radcliffe ranks 2,704 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 514. 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 6,341 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 110. 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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