Andrew Emlyn McMaster (born 10 May 1957) is a retired Scottish sprinter who competed at the

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Biography

In 1976, he was Scottish, AAA's Indoor and junior

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champion. He went on to win two further Scottish 200 metres titles in 1977 and 1978. Also in 1978, he went with the Scottish athletics team to the

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in Edmonton, Canada, where he won the 4x100 relay gold medal alongside David Jenkins,

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, and

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. McMaster was runner up in the

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over the 100 and 200 in 1978 and 1980 respectively and at the 1980 Olympics Games in

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, he represented

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in the 100 metres, reaching the quarter-final and anchoring the British team in the sprint relay that finished 4th in the final, with a then British record of 38.62 seconds. McMaster became the British 100 metres champion after finished third behind

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and Ernest Obeng at the

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but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British champion. He also won the Scottish 100 metres championships in 1981 and 1982. In 1982, he went to the

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in Brisbane, where he won a bronze medal with the sprint relay team, and also made it to the

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final where he finished eighth. His personal bests were 10.37 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.77 sec for the 200 metres. In 1995, he admitted that he had taken performance-enhancing drugs. In 2016, McMaster revealed that he knew for certain that at least six other athletes did the same during the 1980s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mcmaster, Drew 1957 births Living people Scottish male sprinters British male sprinters Athletes from Edinburgh Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics