# Alan Drayton

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{{Short description|British athlete}}
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| name             = Alan Drayton
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| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = September 1951
| birth_place      = Winchester, Hampshire, England
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| sport            = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event            = decathlon
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| club             = [Southampton and Eastleigh AAC](/source/Southampton_and_Eastleigh_AAC)
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1978 Edmonton](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) | [decathlon](/source/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games)}}
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'''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](/source/Mike_Corden) in the decathlon event at the [1974 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_decathlon%2Fheptathlon) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) at the [1978 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games) and won a bronze medal in the decathlon, at the [1978 Commonwealth Games](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edmonton](/source/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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Category:1951 births
Category:English men athletes
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Living people
Category:English men decathletes
Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from Winchester
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics

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