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| First Name |
Jim
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| Last Name |
Peters
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| Full Name at Birth |
James Henry Peters
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| Birthday |
24th October, 1918
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| Birthplace |
Homerton, Greater London
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| Died |
9th January, 1999
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| Place of Death |
Thorpe Bay, Essex
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Nationality |
New Zealander
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| Occupation |
Educator
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James Henry Peters (24 October 1918 in Hackney, London – 9 January 1999 in Thorpe Bay, Essex) was a long-distance runner from England. He broke the world record for the men's marathon four times in the 1950s. He was the first runner to complete a marathon in under 2 hours 20 minutes – an achievement which was equated to the breaking of the four-minute mile. He achieved this at the Polytechnic Marathon of 1953, a point-to-point race from Windsor to Chiswick, West-London. Later the same year Peters set the first sub-2:20 clocking on an out-and-back course, at the Enschede Marathon in the Netherlands.
