Sport Sprint running Weight 73 kg Height 1.83 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Paul Drayton Education Villanova University | |
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Born May 8, 1939 Glen Cove, New York, United States Club U.S. Army
Villanova Wildcats Personal best(s) 100 yd – 9.3 (1961)
100 m – 10.2 (1962)
200 m – 20.55 (1962)
440 yd – 47.2 (1964) Died March 2, 2010, Cleveland, Ohio, United States Olympic medals Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Similar People Gerry Ashworth, Henry Carr, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes, Wieslaw Maniak | ||
Otis Paul Drayton (May 8, 1939 – March 2, 2010) was an American sprint runner. 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.
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. He died on March 2, 2010, of a pulmonary embolism following cancer surgery.
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