Allan Wells, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Allan Wells

British sprinter

Date of Birth: 03-May-1952

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: engineer, sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Allan Wipper Wells MBE (born 3 May 1952) is a former Scottish 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.