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Birth Name:

Jerome Drayton

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Jan 10, 1945

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany

Age:

79

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Cap

52'

About Jerome Drayton

Jerome Drayton (born January 10, 1945 in Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany) is a former long-distance runner who competed internationally for Canada. He was born as Peter Buniak in Germany, and came to Canada in the mid-1950s when his mother moved there after divorcing his father. He reportedly based his new name on two famous sprinters he admired: Canadian former world record holder Harry Jerome and American Paul Drayton, former world record holder in the 4 × 100 m as part of the American relay team. However, Drayton has denied this, stating that he chose Jerome because it was a name he had always liked, and Drayton because he thought the two names fit well together. A prominent runner in the 1970s, when he 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.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships

• Canadian Olympic Committee

• Collections Canada

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jerome Drayton: Sun 19 Capricorn, Moon 3 Sagittarius, Mercury 26 Sagittarius, Venus 5 Pisces, Mars 3 Capricorn, Jupiter 27 Virgo, Saturn 6 Cancer, Uranus 9 Gemini, Neptune 6 Libra, Pluto 9 Leo, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Trine Saturn, Venus Square Uranus, Venus Quincunx Neptune, Mars Opposition Saturn, Mars Square Neptune, Jupiter Semi Square Pluto, Saturn Square Neptune, Uranus Trine Neptune, Uranus Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Jerome Drayton: Living people, Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics, January 10 births, Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, Olympic track and field athletes of Canada, Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics, Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada, 1945 births, People from Kolbermoor, German emigrants to Canada, Boston Marathon male winners, Canadian male long-distance runners, Japan Championships in Athletics winners, Olympic male marathon runners, Canadian male marathon runners