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- 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.
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He began concentrating on sprint events in 1976. In 1977 he won the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) Indoor 60 metres title, and won his first of seven outdoor Scottish sprint titles. In the 1978 season his times and victories continued to improve.
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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.
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.
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Allan Wells was the Scottish junior triple jump champion in 1970 and until his early twenties regarded himself as a long jumper. He leapt over 24 feet (7.32m) during 1972 and it wasn't until 1975 that he finally appeared on the U.K. ranking lists as a sprinter - a lowly 127th on the 200metres list with 22.2sec.
Jul 23, 2020 · In 1980 the fastest man in the world was a Scot, Allan Wells sprinting to 100m gold at the Moscow Olympics.
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.
Allan Wells was once the fastest man in the world, sprinting to Olympic glory in the 100m and winning a fistful of Commonwealth and European gold medals. Born in Edinburgh in 1952, he started his athletic career as a triple jumper before switching to long jump and being crowned Scottish indoor champion in 1974.
