Allan Wells
Allan Wipper Wells (born 3 May 1952) is a former Scottish and British multi title winning athlete. He became Olympic Champion in the 100 metres at the USA boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Within a fortnight he took on and beat America's best sprinters at an invitational meeting in Koblenz. In 1981 Wells was both the Golden Sprints and World Cup gold medalist. He is also a three time European Cup gold medalist among many other sprint successes.
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