Alan Drayton
Appearance
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1951 Winchester, Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alan Walter Drayton (born 1951), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
A section of the B3037, running between Eastleigh and Fair Oak in Hampshire, United Kingdom, was named "Alan Drayton Way" in recognition of his athletic achievements.
Athletics career
[edit]Drayton represented England and won a bronze medal in the decathlon, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1][2]
He won the 1978 AAA National Championship title in the decathlon.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "AAA and National Championships Medallists - Decathlon". NUTS.
Categories:
- 1951 births
- English male athletes
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- English male decathletes
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Winchester
- English athletics biography stubs