Wooderson, Sydney Charles
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▪ 2007
British athlete (b. Aug. 30, 1914, London, Eng.—d. Dec. 21, 2006, Wareham, Dorset, Eng.), was one of the great middle-distance runners of the 1930s and '40s, setting world records in the 800 m (1 min 48.4 sec; set in 1938), 880 yd (1 min 49.2 sec; in 1938), three-quarter mile (2 min 59.5 sec; in 1939), and
mile (4 min 6.4 sec; in 1937). His mile record was not broken until 1942. An ankle injury prevented Wooderson from competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, and he missed the 1938 Empire (later Commonwealth) Games because he was taking his law exams. His last major competition was in 1946 in the 5,000-m race at the European championships, where he defeated a world-class field—including Czech legend Emil Zátopek—with a British-record time of 13 min 53.2 sec. By the time the Olympics resumed in 1948 after having been canceled during World War II, Wooderson had retired from racing. A lifelong amateur, he competed for the Blackheath Harriers club, of which he was later president. Wooderson was made MBE in 2000.
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