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1. Roger Gilbert Bannister was born on the 23rd March 1929 in the country for which he would do all his international running. Where was he born?
2. In the late 1940s, Roger Bannister adopted a Swedish training technique called Fartlek, which involved an easy running pace at training interspersed with short sprints. Which aspect of his running did that significantly improve?
3. Although Roger Bannister is best known for running the mile and the 1500m, he won a bronze medal in the 1950 European Championship while competing in another event. For what event did he win that bronze medal?
4. In 1951, Roger Bannister captured the British mile record. In 1952, he was in such good form that he was seen by many as the favorite for the Olympic 1500m. However, his result in Helsinki was a disappointment. Where did he finish in that event?
5. Roger Bannister's failure at the 1952 Olympics galvanized him into making a concerted effort to break the magical four-minute barrier. On the 6th May 1954, he succeeded with the help of two runners whose more aggressive early running style helped set the tempo. What were the names of those two athletes?
6. Many people had said that running a four-minute mile was 'impossible'. So when Roger Bannister achieved that feat, he was breaking a psychological barrier as well as a physical one. What was Bannister's recorded time for that historic event?
7. In August 1954, Roger Bannister won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the mile. It was a such an amazing race between Bannister and one other runner, that a statue of the two stands outside the stadium in Vancouver capturing the moment at which Bannister took the lead. Who is the other runner depicted on that statue?
8. What Olympic Games medals did Sir Roger Bannister win?
9. Sir Roger Bannister completed his medical studies and became a respected practitioner in his chosen field. What branch of medicine did he concentrate on?
10. Dr Roger Bannister was knighted and became Sir Roger Bannister, ironically in the same year that a mile was run under 3 minutes and 50 seconds for the first time. In what year did he receive his knighthood?
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