Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Paula Jane Radcliffe is one of Britain's greatest distance runners. She was born December 17, 1973 in Northwich, Cheshire, and studied modern languages at Loughborough University. She broke the world record for the marathon during the London Marathon on April 13, 2003, running it in 2:15.25. She was awarded an MBE in June 2002, and later in the year became the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. See also Marathon (sport) External Links Guardian interview about drug use in sport (August 20, 2001) Ananova stories on Paula Radcliffe This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.