Former Team GB Olympian Brian Hewson has passed away at the age of 89.
Hewson is a two-time Olympic competitor, having competed in the 1956 games in Melbourne and the 1960 games in Rome. He also won gold in the 1500m at the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm.
Hewson became just the fifth man to run a four-minute mile on May 28, 1955, just over a year after Roger Bannister first achieved the feat. He passed away peacefully in Cape Town on Tuesday (September 13), having relocated there in 2005, his daughter Caroline told The Sun.
