{{short description|British sport shooter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alister Allan {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|size=100%|MBE}} | birth_name = Alister Millar Allan | fullname = | nickname = Jock | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|1|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Freuchie, Fife, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = Great Britain <br/> Scotland | sport = Sports shooting | event = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver | 1988 Seoul | 50&nbsp;m Rifle Three Positions}} {{MedalBronze | 1984 Los Angeles | 50&nbsp;m Rifle Three Positions}} {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|1978 Edmonton|50m Rifle Prone}} {{MedalGold|1982 Brisbane|10m Air Rifle Pairs}} {{MedalGold|1982 Brisbane|50m Rifle Three Positions}} {{MedalSilver|1986 Edinburgh|50m Rifle Three Positions}} {{MedalSilver|1986 Edinburgh|50m Rifle Prone}} {{MedalSilver|1994 Victoria|50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs}} {{MedalBronze|1974 Christchurch|50m Rifle Prone}} {{MedalBronze|1982 Brisbane|50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs}} {{MedalBronze|1986 Edinburgh|Smallbore 50m Rifle Three Positions Pairs}} {{MedalBronze|1994 Victoria|50m Rifle Three Positions}} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Alister Millar "Jock" Allan''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|size=100%|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.

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.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/alister-allan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040602/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/alister-allan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Alister Allan |accessdate=31 December 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> Allan also became World Champion in 1978 and set a prone rifle world record in 1982.<ref name="sshf"/>

== Biography == Allan represented the 1974 Scottish team<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/games/past-games/christchurch-1974/|title=Christchurch 1974 |website=Team Scotland |access-date=14 May 2026}}</ref> at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19731022/450/0018 |title=Details of the 89 competitors |work=The Scotsman |p=18 |date=22 October 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=14 May 2026}}</ref> where he competed in the shooting events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021061315/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3038/56/all |title=Scotland Christchurch 1974 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 May 2026}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in the 50 metres rifle prone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/shooting.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medalists - Shooting |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19740131/480/0019 |title=Shooting |work=The Scotsman |date=31 January 1974 |p=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=14 May 2026}}</ref>

He represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games again 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alister Allan |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/alister-allan/ |website=Team Scotland |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref>

He was made MBE in 1989 and inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=The names in the Hall of Fame |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2530591.stm |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=BBC News |date=30 November 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030406072555/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2530591.stm |archive-date=6 April 2003 |url-status=live |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name="sshf"/>

==See also== * Barry Dagger * Malcolm Cooper

==References== <references>

<ref name="sshf">{{cite web |title=ALISTER ALLAN MBE {{!}} Scottish Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/alister-allan-mbe/ |website=Scottish Sports Hall of Fame |publisher=sportscotland |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423175350/https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/alister-allan-mbe/ |archive-date=23 April 2023 |language=en-gb |url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Sports links|properties=-P4318}} * {{Scottish Sports Hall of Fame|alister-allan-mbe}}

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