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Mar 23, 1929 London Borough of Harrow, England, United Kingdom Died on 03 Mar 2018 (aged 88)
English physician and athlete
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About Roger Bannister
- Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was a British middle-distance athlete and neurologist who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place.
- This achievement strengthened his resolve to become the first athlete to finish the mile run in under four minutes.
- He accomplished this feat on 6 May 1954 at Iffley Road track in Oxford, with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher providing the pacing.
- When the announcer, Norris McWhirter, declared "The time was three...", the cheers of the crowd drowned out Bannister's exact time, which was 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds.
- He had attained this record with minimal training, while practising as a junior doctor.
- Bannister's record lasted just 46 days. Bannister went on to become a neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 1993.
- As Master of Pembroke, he was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1986 to 1993.
- When asked whether the 4-minute mile was his proudest achievement, he said he felt prouder of his contribution to academic medicine through research into the responses of the nervous system.
- Bannister was patron of the MSA Trust.
- He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011.
