This article is about the athlete. For the English cricketer, see Alan Wells.
Allan Wells
MBE
Personal information
Born
(1952-05-03) 3 May 1952 (age 72) Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Sport
Country
Great Britain
Scotland
Event(s)
100 metres 200 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow
100 metres
1980 Moscow
200 metres
IAAF World Cup
1981 Rome
100 m
1981 Rome
200 m
European Cup
1979 Turin
200 m
1981 Zagreb
100 m
1983 London
200 m
1981 Zagreb
200 m
1983 London
100 m
1979 Turin
100 m
Representing Scotland
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton
200 m
1978 Edmonton
4 x 100 m
1982 Brisbane
100 m
1982 Brisbane
200 m
1978 Edmonton
100 m
1982 Brisbane
4 x 100 m
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Allan Wipper WellsMBE (born 3 May 1952) is a Scottish former track and field sprinter who became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] In 1981, he was both the IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF World Cup gold medallist. He is also a three-time European Cup gold medallist.
He was a multiple medallist for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, winning two golds at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and completing a 100 metres/200 metres sprint double at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Wells also recorded the fastest British 100/200 times in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 100 m in 1984.
^"BBC - A Sporting Nation - Allan Wells 1980 Moscow Olympics". www.bbc.co.uk.
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