Sydney Wooderson

British middle-distance runner Sydney WoodersonMBEPersonal informationBorn30 August 1914Camberwell, County of London, EnglandDied21 December 2006 (aged 92)Wareham, Dorset, EnglandHeight1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Weight56 kg (123 lb)SportSportAthleticsEvent400–5000 mClubBlackheath HarriersAchievements and titlesPersonal bests440 yd – 49.3 (1938)800 m – 1:48.4 (1938)1500 m – 3:48.4 (1945)Mile – 4:04.2 (1945)5000 m – 14:08.6 (1946) Medal record Men's athletics Representing England British Empire Games 1934 London 1 mile Representing Great Britain European Championships 1938 Paris 1500 metres 1946 Oslo 5000 metres 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 1940s. He set the world mile record of 4:06.4 at London's Motspur Park on 28 August 1937. This record stood for nearly five years. Biography Born in Camberwell, London, he was 5 ft 6 in and weighed less than 9 stone (126 lbs). He attended Sutton Valence School, Kent. At 18 he became the first British schoolboy to break 4min 30sec for the mile. He won the British mile title for the five years up to the outbreak of the wa