Allan Wells MBE - Athletics
Born 1952, Inducted 2002
Wells won gold in the 100m at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 and was the first Briton to do so since 1924. He also won a silver medal for the 200m.
Wells started his career in athletics as a triple jumper. He changed to the long jump and then to sprinting when he was 24.
Wells, a winner of four Commonwealth Games gold medals, one silver and one bronze is Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth Games athlete of all time.
He won the Golden Sprint title in 1981. The Golden Sprint was measured by an aggregate of 100m and 200m race times, and proved, beyond doubt, that Wells was the fastest runner in the world.
- 1980 Olympic Games, Gold, 100m and Silver, 200m
- 1978 Commonwealth Games, Gold, 200m & 4x100m Relay, Silver 100m
- 1982 Commonwealth Games, Gold, 100m & 200m, Bronze 4x100m Relay