Paul Drayton (athlete)
American sprinter (1939–2010)
 Paul Drayton (left) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 8, 1939 Glen Cove, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 2, 2010 (aged 70) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprint running | ||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army Villanova Wildcats | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 yd – 9.3 (1961) 100 m – 10.2 (1962) 200 m – 20.55 (1962) 440 yd – 47.2 (1964) | ||||||||||||||
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Otis Paul Drayton (May 8, 1939 – March 2, 2010) was an American sprint runner.
Career
He was an AAU champion in the 220 yd (200 m) sprint from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, he was a member of the world record of 39.1 seconds setting American 4 × 100 m relay team, and equaled the 200 m world record of 20.5 s in 1962. At the 1964 Olympics, Drayton won a silver medal in the 200 m and ran the opening leg for the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a world record at 39.06 seconds.[1]
In retirement, Drayton lived with his wife near Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked as deputy project director for the city's Division of Recreation and then at the sheriff's department.[1] He died on March 2, 2010, of a pulmonary embolism following cancer surgery.[2]
References
- ^ a b Paul Drayton. Sports Reference.com
- ^ "Cleveland Olympian Paul Drayton dies at age 70 from cancer". cleveland.com. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
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- 1912:
David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, Willie Applegarth (GBR) - 1920:
Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey (USA) - 1924: Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey, Al LeConey (USA)
- 1928: Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charley Borah, Henry Russell (USA)
- 1932: Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff (USA)
- 1936: Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff (USA)
- 1948: Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton (USA)
- 1952: Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Andy Stanfield (USA)
- 1956: Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Morrow (USA)
- 1960:
Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer (EUA) - 1964:
Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes (USA) - 1968: Charles Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines (USA)
- 1972: Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart (USA)
- 1976: Harvey Glance, Lam Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick (USA)
- 1980:
Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Andrey Prokofyev (URS) - 1984: Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA)
- 1988: Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaliy Savin (URS)
- 1992: Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis, James Jett (USA)
- 1996:
Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN) - 2000: Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene, Tim Montgomery, Kenny Brokenburr (USA)
- 2004: Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)
- 2008:
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson, Aaron Armstrong (TTO) - 2012:
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Bailey-Cole (JAM) - 2016: Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Jevaughn Minzie, Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM)
- 2020:
Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu (ITA)
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