Michelle Scutt (born Probert on 17 June 1960) is a female former British Olympic athlete. Competing for Wales at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres, behind Australia's Raelene Boyle.
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| Birth name | Michelle Scutt (née Probert) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1960 Liverpool, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Sale Harriers, Manchester | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editScutt is from Culcheth[1] and attended Culcheth High School. [2]
Athletics career
editScutt won a bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, running the third leg of the 4 × 400 m relay. She was Welsh champion at 100m (1978–1982), 200m (1978, 1980–1982) and 400m (1979 and 1984). She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the 400m[3] reaching the semi-final round,[4] and in the 4 × 400 m relay reaching the final and finishing in fourth place. Her personal best time in the 400m is 50.63, which she ran in Cwmbran in 1982, at the time a British record and still the Welsh record. In addition to her silver medal for 400 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games she also competed in the 200 metres and 4x400 metres relay.[5]
Personal life
editShe married fellow international athlete Steve Scutt on 18 October 1980 in Culcheth,[6][7][8] and moved to Loughborough where her husband worked at the university.
References
edit- ^ Liverpool Echo Thursday 11 July 1974, page 31
- ^ Liverpool Echo Thursday 7 July 1977, page 27
- ^ Griffiths, Gareth (13 July 2016). "Seren Bundy-Davies only Welsh athlete in GB squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". walesonline. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Parsons, Mike (8 August 2008). "BEIJING 2008: Been there and done it!". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletics News - 11 August 1980". Liverpool Echo. 1980.
- ^ "Marriages Dec 1980 Probert-Scutt". Free BMD.
- ^ Daily Mirror Tuesday 22 April 1980, page 30
External links
edit- Michelle Scutt at World Athletics
- Michelle Probert-Scutt at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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