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John Landy was born 12 April 1930 (age 82). He was the great Australian middle-distance runner of the 1950’s. He was born in Melbourne and was educated at Geelong Grammar. He graduated from Melbourne University in 1954. He first competed for the Guild club, in 1949. Landy ran for Australia at Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run, and he held the world records for the 1500 metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001–2006. Landy enjoyed watching 1500 metre track events when he was a child. He became a serious runner during his college years. In August 1954, Landy ran his second sub-4 minute mile. In the race, but lost to Roger Bannister, who had his best-ever time. Landy married his wife, Lynne, in 1971, and they have two children, Matthew and Alison.John Landy Athletics Feild in Geelong is named afted the great athlete.