Peter Snelli
Born 17 Dec 1938

Peter Snell of New Zealand combined Arthur Lydiard's high-mileage training with a devastating finishing burst. He won the Olympic 800 m in Rome in 1960 as an outsider and then the 800 m and 1500 m double in Tokyo in 1964, the last man to do so at a single Games. His strength let him sit in the pack…

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