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Allan Wells is a former track and field sprinter who won the 100 metres gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He also set British records and won medals at the Commonwealth Games and European Cup.
Apr 9, 2013 · He remains the last white athlete to win the men's 100m at the Olympic Games, and was the first Briton to win gold since Harold Abrahams back at the 1924 Games in Paris. Wells missed out by a ...
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Jul 23, 2020 · In 1980 the fastest man in the world was a Scot, Allan Wells sprinting to 100m gold at the Moscow Olympics.
Allan Wells is a former British track and field sprinter who won the 100m in the Olympics in Moscow in 1980, becoming one of the only three British athletes to win the prestigious event. He followed up his Olympic victory by becoming the IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF World Cup gold medalist the very next year.
Allan WELLS is a former British sprinter who won the 100 metres gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He also held UK records in the 100 and 200 metres and coached the British bobsleigh teams after retirement.
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.
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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.