These achievements didn’t go unnoticed, and Jo won a host of accolades at the end of the season, the most notable finishing 3rd in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014. She was also named by the ‘Mirror Pride of Sports awards’ as the most inspirational performance of 2014.

Jo has represented Britain at every Olympics since Sydney 2000, and was selected to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics which was her 5th Games and where unbelievably she was 42!

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Jo Pavey Multiple Distance Runner

Jo is the only female athlete to have competed in the 1,500m 5,000m and 10,000m at both the Olympics and World Championships.

Jo has had to deal with many setbacks throughout her lengthy career, including missing 2 seasons with stress fractures and 2 seasons to have her children.

Jo has an amazingly inspirational and engaging story, which all can relate to, Jo is a motivational and inspiring speaker for any occasion.

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