Alan Drayton

{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Alan Drayton | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = September 1951 | birth_place = Winchester, Hampshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = decathlon | height = | weight = | club = Southampton and Eastleigh AAC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1978 Edmonton | decathlon}} }}

'''Alan Walter Drayton''' (born September 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.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

== Biography == Drayton, born in Winchester, Hampshire, England, finished second behind Mike Corden in the decathlon event at the 1974 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>

He became the British decathlon champion after winning the British AAA Championships at the 1978 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he represented England and won a bronze medal in the decathlon, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38353|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929130528/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38353|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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