Jerome Drayton
Drayton after winning the Boston Marathon in 1977 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | January 10, 1945 Kolbermoor, Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | February 10, 2025 (aged 80) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada |
| Sport | Men's Athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
| Club | Toronto Olympic Club |
Medal record | |
Jerome Peter Drayton (January 10, 1945 – February 10, 2025) was a Canadian long-distance runner who competed internationally.
A prominent runner in the 1970s, Drayton was for a time ranked as the top marathoner in the world. He won the Fukuoka Marathon in 1969, 1975, and 1976, as well as the Boston Marathon in 1977. His Canadian men's national record time in the marathon of 2:10:09, set in 1975 at the Fukuoka Marathon, stood for 43 years until broken by Cam Levins in October 2018 with a time of 2:09:25 in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Drayton had held the Canadian record since 1969, after breaking the then record of 2:18:55 set by Robert Moore a month earlier.