London: Roger Bannister, the British athlete famed as the first man in history to run the four-minute mile, has died at the age of 88.
Bannister, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2011, died at his home in Oxford, his family said in a brief announcement on Sunday.
Bannister set his record time of three minutes and 59.4 seconds at the Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on May 6, 1954.
He practiced athletics in his spare time while studying for a medical degree at Oxford. Bannister even used his medical knowledge to devise his own training regime and investigate the mechanical aspects of running.
He later became an eminent neurologist.
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