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Jo Pavey
Joanne Marie Pavey MBE (née Davis, born 20 September 1973) is a British retired long-distance runner. A World, European and Commonwealth medallist, Pavey won the 10,000 m gold medal at the 2014 European Championships as the oldest female European champion to date. She also won bronze in the 10,000 m at the 2007 World Championships.
Pavey is a five-time Olympian, having represented Great Britain in every Olympic Games from 2000 to 2016. She is the only British runner and track event athlete to have competed in five games. She was the 2012 European Championship silver medallist in the 10,000 m and a two-time 5000 m medallist at the Commonwealth Games, winning silver in Melbourne 2006 and bronze in Glasgow 2014.
Jo Davis was born in Honiton, Devon. She has been a member of Exeter Harriers Athletics Club in Devon since 1987. In March 1988 she started to work with middle distance coach Tony White.
In July 1988 she won the English Schools 1500 m title in a British record (under 15). Running for Devon, she finished eight places and 13 seconds ahead of Paula Radcliffe, running for Bedfordshire. Pavey then won the AAAs national U15 800 m and 1500 m titles in 1988 and the AAAs national U17 800 & 1500 m titles in 1990. She made her Great Britain & NI debut in Athens[clarification needed] in 1989 as a fifteen-year-old competing as U20.
Pavey made her senior international debut in 1997 after finishing a degree in physiotherapy. It was during this winter that she was first coached by her husband, Gavin Pavey. Over the course of the 1997 season she improved with each race over the 1500 m and went on to win the British national title. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, she reached the semi-finals.
Pavey first moved up to the 5000 m in 2000, after coming back from a two-year absence caused by hip and knee injuries. She injured her knee and required surgery later that year. In her first race at the distance she achieved the Olympic qualifying standard and was selected for the British team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Pavey finished in 12th place in the Olympic final, where she improved her personal best by 10 seconds.
Pavey entered the 2001 season with the aim of breaking the British record. She spent the winter doing warm weather training in South Africa. However, a shin injury meant she missed the first month of her season. Her first race of the year was the 3,000 m in a meeting at Lausanne, in which she finished seventh. Two weeks later she won the British 5,000 m title, and in doing so gained selection for the World Championships in Edmonton.
The women's 5,000 m at the Edmonton championships featured a controversy over the participation of Olga Yegorova, who had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), but had her suspension overturned. Several athletes, including the British team, discussed whether to boycott the event, but decided against it.
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Jo Pavey
Joanne Marie Pavey MBE (née Davis, born 20 September 1973) is a British retired long-distance runner. A World, European and Commonwealth medallist, Pavey won the 10,000 m gold medal at the 2014 European Championships as the oldest female European champion to date. She also won bronze in the 10,000 m at the 2007 World Championships.
Pavey is a five-time Olympian, having represented Great Britain in every Olympic Games from 2000 to 2016. She is the only British runner and track event athlete to have competed in five games. She was the 2012 European Championship silver medallist in the 10,000 m and a two-time 5000 m medallist at the Commonwealth Games, winning silver in Melbourne 2006 and bronze in Glasgow 2014.
Jo Davis was born in Honiton, Devon. She has been a member of Exeter Harriers Athletics Club in Devon since 1987. In March 1988 she started to work with middle distance coach Tony White.
In July 1988 she won the English Schools 1500 m title in a British record (under 15). Running for Devon, she finished eight places and 13 seconds ahead of Paula Radcliffe, running for Bedfordshire. Pavey then won the AAAs national U15 800 m and 1500 m titles in 1988 and the AAAs national U17 800 & 1500 m titles in 1990. She made her Great Britain & NI debut in Athens[clarification needed] in 1989 as a fifteen-year-old competing as U20.
Pavey made her senior international debut in 1997 after finishing a degree in physiotherapy. It was during this winter that she was first coached by her husband, Gavin Pavey. Over the course of the 1997 season she improved with each race over the 1500 m and went on to win the British national title. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, she reached the semi-finals.
Pavey first moved up to the 5000 m in 2000, after coming back from a two-year absence caused by hip and knee injuries. She injured her knee and required surgery later that year. In her first race at the distance she achieved the Olympic qualifying standard and was selected for the British team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Pavey finished in 12th place in the Olympic final, where she improved her personal best by 10 seconds.
Pavey entered the 2001 season with the aim of breaking the British record. She spent the winter doing warm weather training in South Africa. However, a shin injury meant she missed the first month of her season. Her first race of the year was the 3,000 m in a meeting at Lausanne, in which she finished seventh. Two weeks later she won the British 5,000 m title, and in doing so gained selection for the World Championships in Edmonton.
The women's 5,000 m at the Edmonton championships featured a controversy over the participation of Olga Yegorova, who had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), but had her suspension overturned. Several athletes, including the British team, discussed whether to boycott the event, but decided against it.