Joanne "Jo" Pavey is a British long-distance runner. She won the 10,000 m gold medal at the 2014 European Championships in Z�rich, ten months after giving birth to her second child, to become the oldest female European champion in history at the age of 40 years and 325 days. Pavey is a four-time Olympian, having represented Great Britain in every Olympic Games from 2000 to 2012. She is also 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. At global level, her best results include finishing fourth in the 10,000 m at the 2007 World Championships and fifth in the 5000 m at the 2004 Olympic Games. In her earlier career she competed in the 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres distances. From 2007 onwards, her focus turned to longer distances, ranging from 5000 m to the marathon. She has personal best times of 4:01.79, 8:31.27, 14:39.96, 30:53.20 and 2:28:24. She ranks second behind Paula Radcliffe on the UK all-time list at both 5000 m and 10,000 m. She is coached by her husband and manager Gavin Pavey. 

September 20th, 1973 in Honiton (Age 50)