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This plaque features Roger Bannister. It's located at Paddington Recreation Ground, Randolph Avenue, W9.

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Sir Roger Bannister while a medical student at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School from 1951-54, trained on the cinder track on this site in preparation for the first under 4 minute mile run in Oxford on 6th May 1954.

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Roger Bannister blue plaque features Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister blue plaque located in Paddington Recreation Ground, Randolph Avenue, W9

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Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister was born on 1 January, 1929. They died on 1 January, 2018. They lived to the age of 89.

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Paddington Recreation Ground, Randolph Avenue, W9

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