“The Flying Milkman” David Stephens trained in Czechoslovakia with world-renowned gold medallist Emil Zatopek.
“The Flying Milkman”, David Stephens was born in Wentworthville, near Parramatta, NSW, to Wyndham Jack and Eileen Elizabeth Stephens .
In 1955, he set three-mile and six-mile Australian records running in bare feet. On January 25, 1956, he broke the six-mile world record at Olympic Park in Melbourne. He went on to represent Australia at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, but didn’t win a medal. In 1969, when he was 41, he was pensioned off by the state government. They wanted him out of teaching, and he never worked full-time again.After David and Beverley parted, he decided to fulfil a dream in 1974, and travelled to London then northern Italy to study violin-making. He lived in Italy for 10 years and loved the lifestyle. He was somewhat different – the locals called him “Australia” – and he enjoyed the violin-making trade, the language , the lifestyle and the people.
His early competitive running began during his school years. He ran and competed in field events in school house competitions. It was then that he started winning races.
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