| Alister Allan | |
| Birth Name: | Alister Millar Allan |
| Nickname: | Jock |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Freuchie, Fife, Scotland |
| Country: | Great Britain Scotland |
| Sport: | Sports shooting |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Alister Millar "Jock" Allan, (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.[1]
Allan became World Champion in 1978 and set a prone rifle world record in 1982.
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.[2]
He was made MBE in 1989 and inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[3]