Alister Allan

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Alister Allan MBE
Personal information
Birth nameAlister Millar Allan
NicknameJock
Born (1944-01-28) 28 January 1944 (age 79)
Freuchie, Fife, Scotland
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Scotland
Sport Sports shooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul 50 m Rifle Three Positions
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles 50 m Rifle Three Positions
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Edmonton 50m Rifle Prone
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Brisbane 10m Air Rifle Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1982 Brisbane50m Rifle Three Positions
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh 50m Rifle Three Positions
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1986 Edinburgh50m Rifle Prone
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Victoria 50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1974 Christchurch 50m Rifle Prone
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1982 Brisbane50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1986 EdinburghSmallbore 50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1994 Victoria50m Rifle Three Positions

Alister Millar "Jock" Allan, MBE (born 28 January 1944) is an Olympic medal-winning Scottish rifleman who represented Great Britain at five Olympics between 1968 and 1992 (1972 and 1980 excepted), placing in the top-10 all five times.

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His best Olympic performance was at the 50m Rifle Three Positions when he set an Olympic record during qualifying and came second to countryman (and defending champion) Malcolm Cooper in the final. [1]

Allan became World Champion in 1978 and set a prone rifle world record in 1982. [2]

He represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 1974 where he won a bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Prone event; in 1978 where he won a gold medal in the 50m Rifle Prone event; in 1982 where he won gold medals in the 10m Air Rifle Pairs and 50m Rifle Three Positions events and a bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs event; in 1986 where he won silver medals in the 50m Rifle Three Positions and 50m Rifle Prone events and a bronze medal in the Smallbore 50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs event; and in 1994 where he won a silver medal in the 50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs event and a bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Three Positions event. [3]

He was made MBE in 1989 and inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. [4] [2]

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References

  1. "Alister Allan". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "ALISTER ALLAN MBE | Scottish Sports Hall of Fame". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. sportscotland. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. "Alister Allan". Team Scotland. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. "The names in the Hall of Fame". BBC News. 30 November 2002. Archived from the original on 6 April 2003. Retrieved 19 September 2023.