Adrian Breacker
{{Short description|English athlete (1934–2023)}}
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| name = Adrian Breacker
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|3|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Carshalton, Surrey
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|2|23|1934|3|28|df=y}}
| death_place = St Neots, Cambridgeshire
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprints
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| club = Mitcham AC
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1958 Cardiff|4 x 110y relay}}
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Adrian Francis Breacker (28 March 1934 – 23 February 2023){{cite web|url=https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/breacker/5112230|title=The obituary notice of Adrian Francis Breacker|work=funeral-notices.co.uk}} was a male athlete who competed for England.
Biography
Breacker finished second behind Ken Box in the 100 yards event at the 1957 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570714/248/0014 |title=AA Championship results |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=14 July 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=27 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 April 2025}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35616|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725164400/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35616|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
He won a silver medal at the European Championships in Stockholm in August 1958 in the 4x110yds relay.
References
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Category:English male sprinters
Category:British male sprinters
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:People from Carshalton
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Sutton
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
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