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Scottish Sprinters: Allan Wells, Menzies Campbell, Eric Liddell, Lee McConnell, Henry Macintosh, Elliot Bunney, Douglas Walker, Ian Young

Scottish Sprinters: Allan Wells, Menzies Campbell, Eric Liddell, Lee McConnell, Henry Macintosh, Elliot Bunney, Douglas Walker, Ian Young


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Allan Wells, Menzies Campbell, Eric Liddell, Lee Mcconnell, Henry Macintosh, Elliot Bunney, Douglas Walker, Ian Young, Bob Murdoch, Ronald Wylde. Excerpt: Medal record Allan Wipper Wells MBE (born 3 May 1952) is a former Scottish athlete, who became Olympic Champion in the 100 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Biography Born in Edinburgh, Wells was educated at Liberton High School . Wells, initially a triple jumper and long jumper and crowned Scottish indoor Long Jump champion in 1974, began concentrating on sprint events in 1976. In 1977 he won the AAA 's Indoor 60 metres title, and won his first of seven outdoor Scottish sprint titles. Wells's big breakthrough came at the start of the 1978 season, when his times and victories began to improve, and he won the UK 100/200 Championships. British sprinters had made little impression on the international scene, and the sight of the Scot winning two gold medals (200 m, 4 x 100 m), and a silver (100 m) at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was a surprise for British athletics fans. This success continued in 1979, when he won the European Cup 200 metres in Turin, Italy, beating the new World record holder Pietro Mennea on his home ground; he also finished 3rd in the 100 metres. At the start of the 1980 season, Wells won the AAA's 100 metres, then went to the Cte d'Azur to finish preparing for the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Wells never used starting blocks, until a rule change forced him to do so for the Moscow Olympics. In Moscow, Wells qualified for the final, with a new British record 10.11 s, where he faced pre-race favourite Silvio Leonard of Cuba . By 60 metres the field were fading, and by 80 metres the race was between Leonard on the inside and Wells on the outside. Wells edged ahead, but Le...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155597317
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 50
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 86 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155597311
  • Publisher Date: 05 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Allan Wells, Menzies Campbell, Eric Liddell, Lee McConnell, Henry Macintosh, Elliot Bunney, Douglas Walker, Ian Young
  • Width: 229 mm


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