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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 August 1914 Camberwell, Greater London, Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 December 2006 (aged 92) Wareham, Dorset, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400–5000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 440 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)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.