Saturday, May 09, 2015
Maurice Allan Guest of Honour
Great news for the Presidents Cup,
Great Britain's most successful Grappler
“Maurice Allan” will be “Guest of Honour”
Maurice
Allan is a former Olympic freestyle wrestler, 8th degree Judo black
belt, multiple British and Scottish Judo National Champion, and 1975
World Sambo Wrestling Champion. For his contributions to the
grappling arts as a competitor and a teacher, his native Scotland
recognised Maurice as the “Scottish Wrestler of the Century” and
the Queen awarded him “Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.”
Maurice
represented the UK in freestyle wrestling at the 1976 Olympics and at
numerous other world competitions in judo and wrestling. He began as
a formidable competitor in the Scottish style of wrestling unique to
his homeland and developed into a grappler of international stature.
Maurice was the first Scot and first U.K. citizen to win gold in
amateur world wrestling competition since the 1908 London Olympic
Games. In recognition of his competitive and coaching contributions
to British wrestling, Queen Elizabeth appointed Maurice Allan to Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire (“MBE”) in 1975. His native
Scotland picked him as the greatest Scottish wrestler of the 20th
century.
1976
British Freestyle Olympic Team, Montreal Olympics
1975 Gold Medal 90Kg World Sambo Championship, Minsk
1974 90kg Bronze Medal European Sambo Championship, Madrid
1974 Bronze Freestyle Wrestling, European Commonwealth Games
Scottish National Judo Champion x 7
British National Judo Champion x 4
Scottish National Freestyle Wrestling Champion x 10
British National Freestyle Wrestling Champion x 4
1975 Gold Medal 90Kg World Sambo Championship, Minsk
1974 90kg Bronze Medal European Sambo Championship, Madrid
1974 Bronze Freestyle Wrestling, European Commonwealth Games
Scottish National Judo Champion x 7
British National Judo Champion x 4
Scottish National Freestyle Wrestling Champion x 10
British National Freestyle Wrestling Champion x 4