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{{Short description|American sprinter}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = 
| nickname = 
| image = Allen Woodring 1920c.jpg
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| caption = Allen Woodring at the 1920 Olympics
| birth_date = February 15, 1898
| birth_place = [[Hellertown, Pennsylvania]], U.S. 
| death_date = November 15, 1982 (aged 84)
| death_place = [[Clearwater, Florida]], U.S.
| height = 1.80 m
| weight = 73 kg
| sport = Athletics
| event = 100–400 m
| club = Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia
| pb= 200 m – 22.0 (1920)<br>400 m – 47.9 (1923)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> 
| alma_mater = [[Syracuse University]]
| show-medals    = yes
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{{Medal|Country | the {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold  | [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
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'''Allen Woodring''' (February 15, 1898 – November 15, 1982) was an American [[Sprint (running)|sprint runner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79212 |title=Allen Woodring |work=Olympedia |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> At the [[1920 United States Olympic trials (track and field)|1920 United States Olympic trials]], he failed to qualify in the [[200 metres|200 meters]] yet was selected for the national team and won the [[Olympic gold medal]] in this event.<ref name=r1/>

Woodring ran for [[Mercersburg Academy]] under [[Jimmy Curran]], before competing for the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia.<ref>Woodring Went to Mercersburg, ''Harrisburg Evening Times'', August 21, 1920</ref> He graduated from [[Syracuse University]] and later worked as a salesman for the [[Spalding (company)|Spalding Company]].<ref name=r1/>

After his athletics career ended he worked as a salesman for [[Sears, Roebuck & Co.]] In his later years he moved to [[Florida]].<ref>Allen Woodring, Gold Medal Winner in 1920 Olympics, ''Tampa Bay Times'', November 17, 1982</ref>

==References==
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<ref name=r1>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/allen-woodring-1.html |title=Allen Woodring |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/allen-woodring-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
<ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=7314&Gender=M Allen Woodring]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>
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== External links ==
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* {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20190624191533}}

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[[Category:American male sprinters]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Northampton County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Pennsylvania]]
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