Adrian Breacker
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 1934 Carshalton, Surrey | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 February 2023 (aged 88) St Neots, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Mitcham AC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adrian Francis Breacker (28 March 1934 – 23 February 2023)[1] was a male athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Breacker finished second behind Ken Box in the 100 yards event at the 1957 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
Breacker represented England and won a gold medal running the last leg in the 4 x 110 yards relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[5][6]
He won a silver medal at the European Championships in Stockholm in August 1958 in the 4x110yds relay.
References
[edit]- ^ "The obituary notice of Adrian Francis Breacker". funeral-notices.co.uk.
- ^ "AA Championship results". Weekly Dispatch (London). 14 July 1957. Retrieved 27 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
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