Awards & Winners

Paula Radcliffe

Date of Birth 17-December-1973
Place of Birth Davenham
(United Kingdom, Cheshire, Vale Royal)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Paula Jane Radcliffe, Plucky Paula, Queen Paula
Profession Track and field athlete
Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE 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, three-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, but has not won a medal on the Olympic stage. Radcliffe is an asthma sufferer who has campaigned against the use of drugs in sport. She is married to her coach, Gary Lough, and has two children. Her running has earned her a number of accolades including the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Laureus World Comeback of the Year, IAAF World Athlete of the Year, AIMS World Athlete of the Year and a Member of the Order of the British Empire. She has also been nominated for World Sportswoman of the year on several occasions. In 2010, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.

Awards by Paula Radcliffe

Check all the awards nominated and won by Paula Radcliffe.

2008


Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

Nominations 2008 »

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Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

2006


Nominations 2006 »

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Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year

2005


Nominations 2005 »

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Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

2004


Nominations 2004 »

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Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year

2003


Nominations 2003 »

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award

2002


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

Nominations 2002 »

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award