Allan Wells Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More

Allan Wells

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Allan Wipper Wells

BIRTHDAY

May 3, 1952

BORN ON DAY

Saturday

NEXT BIRTHDAY ON

Sunday

BIRTHPLACE

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

AGE

73 Years 0 Months 26 Days

NATIONALITY

British

PROFESSION

Sports Persons (Athlete)

ZODIAC

TAURUS

Physical Stats

CHEST

N/A

BICEPS

N/A

WAIST

N/A

HEIGHT

6'0''(feet & inches)

1.8288 meters

182.88 cm

WEIGHT

86 kg

189.2 lbs

Allan Wells Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Margot Wells (-)

Fame & Address

DEBUT

FAMOUS FROM/AS

Summer Olympics (1980), IAAF Golden Sprints (1981), IAAF World Cup (1981)

Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM

Fernieside Primary School, Liberton High School

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Career of Allan Wells

He started his career in the year 1976 and won the AAA's Indoor 60 metres title in the following year. He won the Olympic medal in 100 metres. He also won the European Cup 100 metres in 1981. He also won the 100 metres at the IAAF World cup in Rome in the same year. He won European Cup in 1983 which was his third cup of the same title. He managed up to semi-finals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Allan Wells

Does Allan Wells takes alcohol? NA.
Is Allan Wells in the habit of Smoking? NA.
Wells along with his wife Margot was honored by Edinburgh Napier University with a Doctorate of Science in July 2014.
After taking retirement, the sportsman is now serving as a coach for the Bank of Scotland specialist sprint squad.
He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame along with other sports persons Eric Liddell and Wyndham Halswelle.
The sprinter could not participate in any event in 1985 due to injury and also was not selected for the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh which was organized in the following year.
Wells set a trend for other sprinters by participating in the event in his mid-30s.
Initially, he participated in the triple jump and long jump but later on adopted a career as a track and field sprinter.
After winning Olympic 100 meters at the age of 28 he became the oldest champion to win the title. Also, he is the last white male athlete to win the title.