John Michael Landy AC CVO MBE FTSE (12 April 1930 – 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and state governor. He was the second man...
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mile ever. And at the end of the year, Australian John Landy ran 4:02.0. Then early in 1954, Landy made some more attempts at the distance. On 21 January...
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and John Landy of Australia vied to be the first to break the fabled four-minute mile barrier. Roger Bannister did it first on May 6, 1954, and John Landy...
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21 June 1954, at an international meet at Turku, Finland, Australia's John Landy became the second man, after Bannister, to achieve a sub-four-minute mile...
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Eugene Ellsworth Landy (November 26, 1934 – March 22, 2006) was an American psychologist known for his controversial 24-hour therapy program and treatment...
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Eugene Landy (1929–2006), American psychologist and therapist John Landy (1930–2022), Australian former track athlete and politician; namesake of Landy Field...
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Santee, and Australian John Landy. June 21, 1954: Less than six weeks after Bannister’s historic feat, Australian John Landy runs 3:58 at a track meet...
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John Landy Athletics Field is at the corner of Swanston Street and Barwon Terrace, South Geelong, and was formerly known as Riverside Reserve. It sits...
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new premier, Steve Bracks, announced that Gobbo's successor would be John Landy, who would take up his post in January 2001. Gobbo immediately made it...
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and John Landy. Nique Needles as John Landy Richard Huw as Roger Bannister John McTernan as Dave Garroway Adrian Rawlings as Christopher Chataway John Philbin...
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Diamond League. The meeting was highlighted by Stewart McSweyn winning the John Landy namesake mile, beating 2022 world champion Jake Wightman in the process...
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The official Escape Room Geelong opened in South Geelong in late 2015. John Landy Athletic Field is located on the corner of Barwon Terrace and Swanston...
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games that the "Miracle Mile" took place between Roger Bannister and John Landy at Empire Stadium. This was the first time these two (and at that time...
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Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, known for the Skulduggery Pleasant and Demon Road book series. Since 2018, he...
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Victoria by Queen Elizabeth II, taking office on 7 April 2006, succeeding John Landy. He left the post on 8 April 2011, and was succeeded by Alex Chernov....
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when the Governor of Victoria, and former Commonwealth Games medallist, John Landy delivered the baton to Her Majesty the Queen at the Melbourne Cricket...
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South Wales, Australia "Miracle Mile", a race between Roger Bannister and John Landy at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Magnificent Mile, a...
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Ibbotson won with a new world record time, taking 0.8 of a second off John Landy's time of 3.58 min set in 1954. Ibbotson continued competing in mile races...
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Scammell in 1988. On 15 February 2024, he lowered his personal best at the John Landy Mile at Melbourne's Maurie Plant Meet to 3:52.44. On 22 February, at Bankstown's...
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1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet and educator (d. 2010) 1930 – John Landy, Australian runner and politician, 26th Governor of Victoria (d. 2022)...
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Australia. She was chosen by the Olympic Council as one of the recipient for John Landy scholarship program in 2020. Born in Indonesia, and competed for the Indonesian...
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it burst into flame singeing him further. In the centre of the ground, John Landy, the fastest miler in the world, took the Olympic oath and sculler Merv...
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after being influenced by middle-distance runners Roger Bannister and John Landy in 1953. Kowalski did not eat meat, dairy or eggs. He has been described...
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Southey was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria under Governor John Landy. In 1950, she married Ross Shelmerdine, who died in 1979—they had four...
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Hon. Sir James Gobbo AC CVO QC 24 April 1997 31 December 2000 26 Mr. John Landy AC CVO MBE 1 January 2001 7 April 2006 27 Professor David de Kretser AC...
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(26 February 2016). "Luke Mathews racing to Rio Olympics in front of John Landy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Open Learning...
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A moment of sportsmanship when John Landy helped Ron Clarke get up after he had fallen....
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After the war, the track fell into disuse and disappeared in many places. John Landy, the long-distance runner, set a record of four days for the crossing...
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Winter Olympics Giuliana Minuzzo Alpine skiing - - 1956 Summer Olympics John Landy (Melbourne) Henri Saint Cyr (Stockholm) Athletics Equestrian - - 1960...
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both the gold medallist, Roger Bannister of England and silver medallist John Landy of Australia, run sub-four-minute races in an event that was televised...
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