Maurice Allan

Maurice Allan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1945-10-30) 30 October 1945
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
1974 Christchurch 90 kg
Men's sambo
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
1975 Minsk 90 kg
European Championships
1974 Madrid 90 kg

Maurice Allan (born 30 October 1945) is a British wrestler who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

In 1974, Allan won bronze in freestyle wrestling at the European Commonwealth Games. Also during 1974, Allan demonstrated himself to be a world class competitor in Sambo. In Madrid, Allan took bronze at the 1974 European Sambo Championships. The following year, in Minsk, Allan became world champion by winning gold at the 1975 World Sambo Championships. In 1975, he was made an MBE.[2]

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he participated in the men's freestyle 90 kg event.[3]

Allan was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at light-heavyweight in 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maurice Allan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Maurice Allan". Sport Judo. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  4. ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2025.