{{Short description|British sprinter (born 1932)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alan Lillington | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|9|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = South Shields, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting | club = Durham University AC<br>Elswick Harriers }}
'''Alan William Lillington''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 4 September 1932) is a British sprinter who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/alan-lillington-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/alan-lillington-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Alan Lillington |accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Lillington attended Heaton Grammar School<ref>''Daily Mirror'' Monday 23 July 1951, page 1</ref> and studied medicine at Durham University.<ref name=oly>{{cite web |title=Alan Lillington |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69248 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADmen|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref>
Lillington finished second behind McDonald Bailey in the 100 metres event at the 1952 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19520623/190/0007 |title=Results |work=The Scotsman |date=23 June 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/19520621/008/0008 |title=AAA walk record by Hardy |work=Manchester Evening News |date=21 June 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 April 2025}}</ref><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=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he represented the Great Britain team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where he participated in the men's 100 metres.<ref name=oly/>
Lillington represented England<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19540622/094/0005 |title=England pick strong team for Empire Games |work=Halifax Evening Courier |date=22 June 1954 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref> in the sprint disciplines at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35635|title=Alan William Lillington|website=TheCGF.com|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414221255/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35635|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He later became a consultant paediatrician in Sunderland and was awarded the MBE IN 1995.<ref name="heaton">{{cite web |title=Heaton Olympians |url=https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2021/06/29/heaton-olympians/ |website=Heaton History Group |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=29 June 2021}}</ref> He is the father of former rugby player Peter Lillington.<ref name=heaton />
==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} |- |1952 |Olympics |Helsinki, Finland |6th, Qtr 2 |100 m |11.26/10.9 |}
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