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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/athletes">Athletes</a></li><li class="active">Alister Allan</li> </ol> <div class='athlete_header'> <div> <h1> Alister Allan </h1> <form action='/athlete_merges/42255/edit' class='form-inline' method='get'> </form> </div> </div> <div class='athlete_bio'> <div class='athlete_photo_bio'> <a href='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/42255.jpg' rel='lightbox' title='Photo of Alister Allan'> <img class='photo' src='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/42255.jpg'> </a> <div> <h2> Biographical information </h2> <table class='biodata'> <tr><th>Roles</th><td>Competed in Olympic Games</td></tr> <tr><th>Sex</th><td>Male</td></tr> <tr><th>Full name</th><td>Alister Millar•Allan</td></tr> <tr><th>Used name</th><td>Alister•Allan</td></tr> <tr><th>Nick/petnames</th><td>Jock</td></tr> <tr><th>Born</th><td>28 January 1944 in <a href="/place_names/7001">Freuchie, Scotland (GBR)</a></td></tr> <tr><th>Measurements</th><td>162 cm / 68 kg</td></tr> <tr><th>Affiliations</th><td>City of Oxford</td></tr> <tr><th>NOC</th><td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" /> <a href="/countries/GBR">Great Britain</a></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <table class='athlete_sidebar'> <tbody> <tr> <td> <b>Medals</b> </td> <td>OG</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Gold">Gold</span></td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='border-top'>Total</td> <td class='border-top'>2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h2> Biography </h2> <div class='description'> <p>Alister Allan was born in the small village of Freuchie in Scotland and learnt to shoot as a youngster with the Air Training Corps. He won his first Scottish title in the prone discipline of the small bore rifle event at the age of 22 in 1966 and was chosen for the 1968 Olympics in that event. He missed the Munich Olympics but returned to the Olympic arena in 1976 although without any great success.</p> <p>The only global championship of his career came at the 1978 World Championship in the prone event but any hopes of an Olympic medal in Moscow were ended when shooting became one of the few British sports federations to join the boycott of the 1980 Olympics. Allan set a world record for the prone shoot in 1982 but success in this discipline always eluded him at the Olympic Games. Instead he won his first Olympic medal in Los Angeles in the three position shoot, an event that he had only taken seriously since the late 70s. Four years later in Seoul he led the qualifying rounds but was beaten to the gold by his fellow Briton [Malcolm Cooper] with whom he had friendly rivalry for many years. Allan’s international career lasted a quarter of a century and included eight medals (including three golds) at the Commonwealth Games between 1974-94. He spent most of his working life as a physical training instructor with the Royal Air Force but after retirement he took up a coaching position with the New Zealand rifle team. He was an inaugural inductee into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.</p> </div> <h2>Results</h2> <table class='table'> <thead> <tr> <th>Games</th> <th>Discipline (Sport) / Event</th> <th>NOC / Team</th> <th>Pos</th> <th>Medal</th> <th>As</th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/17">1968 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SHO">Shooting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Alister Allan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51711">Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/19">1976 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SHO">Shooting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Alister Allan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51738">Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>=51</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/21">1984 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SHO">Shooting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Alister Allan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51763">Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51761">Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/22">1988 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SHO">Shooting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Alister Allan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51795">Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51792">Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/23">1992 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SHO">Shooting</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Alister Allan</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51841">Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>=38</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/51838">Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>=43</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Special Notes</h2> <ul> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/6/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games</a> (3–3–4 1974 Christchurch SHO bronze: 50 m small-bore rifle prone (competed for Scotland); 1978 Edmonton SHO gold: 50 m small-bore rifle prone (competed for Scotland); 1982 Brisbane SHO gold: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions and 10 m air rifle/pairs, bronze: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions/pairs (competed for Scotland); 1986 Edinburgh SHO silver: 50 m small-bore rifle prone and 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions, bronze: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions/pairs (competed for Scotland); 1994 Victoria SHO silver: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions/pairs, bronze: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions (competed for Scotland)) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/147/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Shooting Championships</a> (2–1–1 1978 Seoul gold: 50 m small-bore prone; 1982 Caracas gold: 50 m small-bore rifle keeling team, silver: 50 m small-bore rifle 3 positions team, bronze: 50 m small-bore rifle standing team) </li> </ul> </div> </body> <footer class='footer'> <br> <div class='panel panel-info'> <div class='panel-heading'> <h3 class='panel-title'> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign'></span> Did you know? </h3> </div> <div class='panel-body'> <p>Four-time Olympian <a href="/athletes/61365">Birabongse, Prince Bhanubandh</a> competed as “B. 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