Allan Wipper Wells MBE is a former British track and field sprinter . He became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 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 IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF World Cup gold medalist. He is also a three-time European Cup gold medallist among many other sprint successes. He was a multiple medalist for his native Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, winning two golds at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and completing a 100 metres/200 metres sprint double at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Wells also recorded the fastest British 100/200 times in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 100 m in 1984. [More at Wikipedia]

May 3rd, 1952 in Edinburgh (Age 72)