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.
Michelle Scutt
Personal information
Birth name
Michelle Scutt (née Probert)
Born
(1960-06-17) 17 June 1960 (age 63) Liverpool, England
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 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 was 50.63 which she ran in Cwmbran in 1982, making her the 6th fastest Briton at the distance (as of January 2017). 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 lifeedit
She was engaged to and then married fellow international athlete Steve Scutt in 1980.[6][7] She married on 18 October 1980 in Culcheth,[8] She moved to Loughborough in October 1980, when husband worked at the university.
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