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Michelle Scutt
Personal information
Birth nameMichelle Scutt (née Probert)
Born (1960-06-17) 17 June 1960 (age 64)
Liverpool, England
Sport
ClubSale Harriers, Manchester

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 4×400m relay
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane 400m

Michelle Scutt (born Probert on 17 June 1960) is a female former British Olympic athlete. Competing for Wales at the 1982 Commonwealth GamesinBrisbane, Australia, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres, behind Australia's Raelene Boyle.

Early life[edit]

Scutt is from Culcheth[1] and attended Culcheth High School. [2]

Athletics career[edit]

Scutt 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 OlympicsinLos 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[edit]

She married fellow international athlete Steve Scutton 18 October 1980 in Culcheth,[6][7][8] and moved to Loughborough where her husband worked at the university.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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]

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