Paula Radcliffe

Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English longdistance runner. She is the current womens world record holder in the marathon with her time ofhoursminutes andseconds. She is a threetime winner of the London Marathon , threetime New York Marathon champion , and won the 2002 Chicago Marathon.

Radcliffe was born onDecember 1973 in Davenham near Northwich, Cheshire. Her family then moved to nearby Barnton where she attended Little Leigh Primary School. Despite suffering from asthma and anaemia she took up running at the age of seven, influenced by her father who was a keen amateur marathon runner and joined Frodsham Athletic Club. Her family later moved to Kingsley.

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