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Paula Radcliffe in Paris for the BBC

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.

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 represented Great Britain at the Olympics in four consecutive games (1996 to 2008), although she never won an Olympic medal.

She ended her competitive running career at the 2015 London Marathon.

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