Allan Wells

Allan Wells

Personal information
Born	(1952-05-03) 3 May 1952 (age 64) Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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

 Great Britain

Allan Wipper Wells MBE (born 3 May 1952) is a former British track and field sprinter who became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Within a fortnight of that, he also took on and beat America's best sprinters at an invitational meeting in Koblenz. In 1981, Wells was both the IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF World Cup gold medallist. He is also a three-time European Cup gold medallist among many other sprint successes.

He was a multiple medallist for his native 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.

Born in Edinburgh, Wells was educated at Fernieside Primary School and then Liberton High School. He left school at age 15 to begin an engineering apprenticeship. Wells was initially a triple jumper and long jumper and crowned Scottish indoor long jump champion in 1974.

...
Wikipedia