Topic - Christopher Chataway

Sir Christopher John Chataway PC (31 January 1931 – 19 January 2014) was a British former middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster, and Conservative politician. His stepson is the Conservative MP Charles Walker and his brother-in-law the former Conservative MP Peter Hordern. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - This is a May 6, 1954, file photo of Roger Bannister, left, who ended the quest for the four-minute mile, with a time of 3:59.4 at Oxford, England is congratulated by pacemaker Christopher Chataway. Chataway, a former 5,000-meter world record-holder who turned to a career in British politics, has died. He was 82. Chataway, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995, died Sunday Jan. 19, 2014 at a hospice in London after more than two years fighting cancer, son Mark Chataway said. Christopher Chataway, who competed over 5,000 meters at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, acted as a pacemaker to help Roger Bannister become the first man to break the four-minute mile barrier in 1954. (AP Photo, File)

Former Olympian, politician Chataway dies aged 82

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