Date of Birth: 17 December 1973

Athletics Achievements:

• Marathon world record holder
• Three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005)
• Three-time winner of the New York Marathon (2004, 2007, 2008)
• Chicago Marathon winner (2002)
• World Championships marathon gold, Helsinki 2005
• World Championships 10,000m silver, Seville 1999
• European Championships 10,000m gold, Munich 2002
• Commonwealth Games 5000m gold, Manchester 2002
• World Cross Country Championships gold, Ostend 2001 and Dublin 2002
• World Cross Country Championships silver, Turin 1997, Marrakech 1998 and Ostend 2001 (short race)
• World Cross Country Championships bronze, Belfast 1999
• European Cross Country Championships gold, Ferrara 1998 and Edinburgh 2003
• World Half Marathon Championships gold, Veracruz 2000, Bristol 2001 and Vilamoura 2003
• She was awarded an MBE in June 2002 and was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2002.
• She sits on the IAAF Athletes Commission and the WHO Commission on ending childhood obesity and has advised IOC commissions from the athlete perspective.
• She also works as a BBC athletics commentator and pundit and is a mentor for British endurance athletes.