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Allan Wipper Wells MBE (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.
Allan Wells Powers To 100m Gold For Great Britain - Moscow 1980 Olympics. 800 Likes. 238,947 Views. 2013 Apr 9. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Classic highlights from the...
Jul 23, 2020 · In 1980 the fastest man in the world was a Scot, Allan Wells sprinting to 100m gold at the Moscow Olympics.
Jun 2, 2017 · The sprinter, born in Edinburgh, became a household name in 1980 when he won gold in the 100 metres at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Here are five facts you may, or may...
The Edinburgh Express winning the Golden Sprints title over 100m and 200m in Berlin in 1981, beating the World's top sprinters at that time.
Jun 25, 2012 · Wells was the British record holder at both 100m and 200m when he travelled to Moscow, having completed his training in his home town of Edinburgh, then Australia and Cote D'Azur....
Mar 11, 2012 · Wells, who was urged by UK authorities to pull out, became the first Briton to win athletics’ blue-riband event since Harold Abrahams in 1924.
Jan 31, 2012 · Wells, running in lane eight, edged out Cuba's Silvio Leonard by the smallest possible margin to become, at the age of 28, the oldest man to win the 100m at that time.
With U.S. athletes absent because of an official boycott, Great Britain’s rookie sprinter Alan Wells took advantage to strike the gold.
Allan Wells began his athletic career by winning the 1970 Scottish Junior triple jump title and in 1972 he cleared a respectable 7.32 (24-0¼) in the long jump.
