John Landy

John Michael Landy  (12 Afrilu 1930 - 24 Fabrairu 2022) ɗan tseren tsakiya ne na Australiya kuma gwamnan jiha. Shi ne mutum na biyu da ya karya shingen mil na mintuna huɗu a tseren mil kuma ya riƙe tarihin duniya na tseren mita 1500 da tseren mil. Shi ne kuma Gwamna na 26 na Victoria daga 2001 zuwa 2006.

 Iyali 
Ɗan Clarence Gordon Landy (1900-1970),  da Elva Katherine Landy (1906-1995), ɗan shekara Ashton,   An haifi John Michael Landy a Melbourne, Victoria, a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1930. Ya auri 'yar jaridar Ingila Lynne Fisher a Upper Beaconsfield a ranar 30 ga Oktoba 1971. Suna da 'ya'ya biyu.

 Ilimi 
Ya halarci Makarantar Grammar ta Malvern Memorial da Makarantar Grammar Geelong . Da farko ya fi sha'awar yanayi, kuma Ostiraliya ta mallaki ƙwallon ƙafa, kodayake a shekararsa ta ƙarshe (1948) ya lashe gasar "Associated Public Schools Mile Championship" a cikin wani gasa mai zafi wanda ya haifar da nasararsa akan PB Quin, na Kwalejin Xavier, wanda daga baya aka kore shi saboda tsoma bakinsa.[1] [2] [3]

Ya kammala karatunsa a Jami'ar Melbourne da digirin farko a fannin kimiyyar noma a watan Maris na 1954.    

 Wasanni 
A lokacin da yake makaranta, Landy ya ji daɗin kallon wasannin tsere na matsakaicin zango. Ya zama ɗan tsere mai himma a lokacin karatunsa na jami'a, inda ya shiga ƙungiyar motsa jiki ta Geelong Guild a shekarar 1949. Percy Cerutty ne ya horar da shi, wanda ya horar da shi don rage lokacinsa na yin gudu na mil ɗaya zuwa mintuna 4 da daƙiƙa 11, wanda hakan ya sa ya sami matsayi a ƙungiyar wasannin Olympics ta Australiya a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1952 a Helsinki.   A lokacin da yake gasar Olympics ta Helsinki, Landy ya yi abota da Emil Zatopek, ɗan tseren Czech wanda ya lashe lambar zinare sau huɗu, wanda ya shawo kansa ya ƙara ƙarfin shirin horonsa. Ya ƙara sauri.

A watan Maris na shekarar 1954, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Helms World Cup ga Australasia saboda "gwaninsa na wasanni".   A ranar 21 ga Yunin 1954, a wani taron ƙasa da ƙasa da aka yi a Turku, Finland, Landy ya zama mutum na biyu, bayan Roger Bannister, da ya kai ƙasa da minti 4. Ya sami nasarar yin tseren mita 3:57.9, wanda IAAF ta amince da shi a matsayin 3:58.0 saboda dokokin zagaye da ke aiki a lokacin. Ya riƙe wannan tarihin fiye da shekaru uku. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2022
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1930