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    Sydney Charles Wooderson MBE (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006), dubbed "The Mighty Atom", was an English athlete whose peak career was in the 1930s and...
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  • Wooderson may refer to: Sydney Wooderson, an English middle-distance runner Wooderson, Queensland, a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia...
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  • snooker player Sydney Wooderson (1914–2006), English athlete Sydney Youngblood (born 1960), American-German singer, actor and composer Sydney Affolter (born...
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    a three-year degree in Medicine. Bannister was inspired by miler Sydney Wooderson's comeback in 1945. Eight years after setting the mile record and seeing...
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    5000 metres 1934: Roger Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław...
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    Championships champions in men's 1500 metres 1934: Luigi Beccali (ITA) 1938: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) 1950: Wim Slijkhuis (NED) 1954: Roger...
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    Stadium. The stadium hosted the AAA championships in 1897 and 1907. Sydney Wooderson set a world 3/4-mile athletics record at the stadium on 6 June 1939...
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  • half-mile". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. June 17, 1934. p. 1, sports. "Wooderson cracks mile record mark". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. August 29, 1937...
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  •  Elroy Robinson (USA) 1937-07-11 New York, United States 1:48.4+  Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1938-08-20 London, United Kingdom 1:46.6  Rudolf Harbig (GER)...
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    1934, as well as Bonthron, Beccali, and the emerging English champion Sydney Wooderson, all of whom hoped to line up to race in the Berlin Games. Bonthron...
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  • Emery broke the British record when winning the 3 miles event and Sydney Wooderson won his fifth consecutive 1 mile event. 1939 WAAA Championships "Athletics"...
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    Championships champions in men's 1500 metres 1934: Luigi Beccali (ITA) 1938: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) 1950: Wim Slijkhuis (NED) 1954: Roger...
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    Championships champions in men's 1500 metres 1934: Luigi Beccali (ITA) 1938: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) 1950: Wim Slijkhuis (NED) 1954: Roger...
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  • Brendan Foster, GBR Brian Hewson, GBR John Parlett, GBR Mike Rawson, GBR Sydney Wooderson, GBR Other athletes who were ranked in the top three of 'Track and...
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    5000 metres 1934: Roger Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław...
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    Championships champions in men's 1500 metres 1934: Luigi Beccali (ITA) 1938: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) 1950: Wim Slijkhuis (NED) 1954: Roger...
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    Championships champions in men's 1500 metres 1934: Luigi Beccali (ITA) 1938: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) 1950: Wim Slijkhuis (NED) 1954: Roger...
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  • 5000 metres 1934: Roger Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław...
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  • (born 1922) 21 December Philippa Pearce, children's author (born 1920) Sydney Wooderson, lawyer and athlete, world record holder for mile run (1937–1942) (born...
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    Championships champions in men's 1500 metres 1934: Luigi Beccali (ITA) 1938: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) 1950: Wim Slijkhuis (NED) 1954: Roger...
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    run in the first half of the 1900s – Paavo Nurmi, Jack Lovelock and Sydney Wooderson were all world record holders over the distance. In the 1940s, Swedish...
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    all-weather track and field facility. The sports hall is dedicated to Sydney Wooderson, a former pupil and Olympic athlete who held the world record for the...
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  • 5000 metres 1934: Roger Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław...
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  • Championships champions in men's 1500 metres 1934: Luigi Beccali (ITA) 1938: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) 1950: Wim Slijkhuis (NED) 1954: Roger...
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    5000 metres 1934: Roger Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław...
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    1937 Succeeded by Elroy Robinson Preceded by Jack Lovelock Men's Mile World Record Holder June 16, 1934 – August 28, 1937 Succeeded by Sydney Wooderson...
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  • 1936-08-20 Succeeded by Glenn Cunningham Preceded by Sera Martin European Record Holder Men's 800m 2 August 1932 – 19 August 1938 Succeeded by Sydney Wooderson...
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    in 1921 and became a coach himself, his most famous protégé being Sydney Wooderson. He emigrated to Canada shortly after World War II, and died there...
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    5000 metres 1934: Roger Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław...
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  • 11 July 1936. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive. "Wooderson wins again". Daily Herald. 13 July 1936. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via...
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