The Perfect Mile included accounts about the middle-distance runner and politician of what nationality?
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The Perfect Mile The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It (2004) by Neal Bascomb is a non-fiction book about three runners and their attempts to become the first man to run a mile under four minutes. The runners are Englishman Roger Bannister, American Wes Santee, and Australian John Landy. The book's climax is Bannister's breaking of the record on May 6, 1954.
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John Landy John Michael Landy (born 12 April 1930) is a retired Australian middle-distance runner and politician. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run, and held the world records for the 1500 metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.
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Thomas Halpin Thomas Halpin (May 17, 1892 – September 9, 1960) was an American middle distance runner who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Noel Carroll (athlete) Noel Carroll (7 December 1941 – 23 October 1998) was an Irish middle distance runner who set European and World Records in the 1960s. He became the Dublin Corporation's first official spokesman, and later the Chief Executive of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, and led the group which founded the Dublin Marathon.
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Eddie Genung Edwin Bernard "Eddie" Genung (February 15, 1908 - May 2, 1986) was an American middle-distance runner. He placed 4th in the 800 meters at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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Yotham Muleya Yotam Siachobe Muleya (1940 – 23 November 1959) was a long-distance runner who represented Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Muleya broke racial barriers and opened a new era in Rhodesian sport when he beat the famous British four minute miler, Gordon Pirie, by 100 yards in a three-mile race at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in December 1958.
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Harold Spender Edward Harold Spender (22 June 1864 – 15 April 1926), was a British Liberal Party politician, author, journalist and lecturer.
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Emil Breitkreutz Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883 – May 3, 1972) was a US middle distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. The race was won by James Lightbody.
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Albie Thomas Albert George "Albie" Thomas OAM (8 February 1935 – 27 October 2013) was an Australian middle- and long-distance runner who set world records at two miles and three miles. He was born in Hurstville, New South Wales in 1935.
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Maurice Norland Maurice Marcel Jacques Norland (30 July 1901 – 18 May 1967) was a French long-distance runner. He competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m cross-country races and won a team bronze medal in the cross-country event.
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Jens Christian Christensen Jens Christian Christensen (21 November 1856 – 19 December 1930), most often called J. C. Christensen with the 'J' pronounced as an 'I', was a Danish politician normally considered the most important Danish political figure between circa 1900 and 1920.
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Patrick Thompson Hugh Patrick Thompson (born 21 October 1935), known as Patrick Thompson, is a British Conservative Party politician.
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John Daly (athlete) John Joseph Daly (22 February 1880 – 11 March 1969) was an Irish runner who won a silver medal in the steeplechase at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ireland at the International Cross Country Championships of 1903–1906 and 1911 and won three silver team medals; individually he won a bronze in 1903 and finished fourth in 1904 and 1906. When not competing for Ireland as a member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Daly entered races as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club.
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William McMahon (athlete) William Francis "Billy" McMahon (January 3, 1910 – February 26, 1991) was an American long-distance runner. He won the national marathon championship in 1936 and qualified for the Olympic marathon in Berlin, where he failed to finish.
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Vernon Bartlett Charles Vernon Oldfield Bartlett, CBE (30 April 1894, Westbury, Wiltshire – 18 January 1983) was an English journalist, politician and author. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1938 to 1950: first as an Independent Progressive advocating a Popular Front, then for the Common Wealth Party, and then again as an Independent Progressive.
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Joseph Patrick Tumulty Joseph Patrick "Joe" Tumulty (pronounced TUM-ulty) (May 5, 1879 – April 9, 1954) was an American attorney and politician from New Jersey. He is best known for his service, from 1911 until 1921 as the private secretary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.
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Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell (Irish: "Cathal Stiúbhard Parnell" ; 27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician and one of the most powerful figures in the British House of Commons in the 1880s.
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Mile Stojkoski Mile Stojkoski (Macedonian: Миле Стојкоски ; born 4 May 1965), is a Macedonian athlete and humanitarian known for going on long distance marathon runs (ultramarathons) in his wheelchair preceding the Summer Olympic Games. In 1996 he suffered a spinal cord injury from a motorcycle accident leaving him paraplegic, losing use of both his legs. After much emotional struggle and learning about living with his disability he got involved in sports and humanitarian nonprofit organizations. This eventually led him to focus on ultramarathons in his wheelchair with primary goal to raise public awareness and funds in support of people with disabilities in Macedonia. Since 2004 he has gone on nine marathons (4 ultramarathons) gaining public recognition and awards. On 15 March 2012 he started his 10th marathon from Krushevo, Macedonia heading for the London Summer Olympics Games.
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Lewis A. H. Caldwell Lewis A. H. Caldwell (October 12, 1905 – September 30, 1993) was an American politician, writer, and businessman,
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Nabil Choueiri Nabil Choueiri, also known as Nabil Boutros Chouéry, (Arabic: نبيل بطرس شويري‎ ‎ ; born 1950) is a Lebanese former long-distance running athlete. He was the Lebanese record holder for over twenty years in the mile run, two miles, 3000 metres, and 3000 metres steeplechase.
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Harry Brittain Sir Harry Ernest Brittain, KBE, CMG (24 December 1873 — 9 July 1974) was a British journalist and Conservative politician.
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Sebastian Coe Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set eight outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.