Diane Leather obituary First woman to run a sub-five-minute mile, who had to wait years for the recognition she merited

"Her achievement came in 1954, just 23 days after Roger Bannister’s sub-four-minute mile, but with only a fraction of the acclaim, because of the low regard in which athletics held women’s distance running at the time."

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1933-2018
Born on this day

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Today’s the 70th anniversary of Diane Leather breaking the 5 minute mile. I ran a mile in her honor. Fleet and Freeman. #fleetandfree #DianeLeather #somethinglikeresearch #running #themile