{{Short description|Scottish athlete (born 1977)}} {{other people|Susan Scott}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Susan Scott | image =File:Susan Scott (centre) Neisha Bernard-Thomas (right) 2006 Commonwealth Games.png | caption = Scott (centre) in the 2006 Commonwealth Games 800 metres semi-final | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | club = City of Glasgow AC | birth_date = 26 September 1977 | birth_place = Irvine, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height =171 cm | weight = 56 kg | pb = | medaltemplates= }}
'''Susan Scott''' (born 26 September 1977) is a Scottish track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 1500 metres. She also finished fourth in the 800 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006.
== Biography == Scott was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
At the 1999 AAA Championships, Scott finished second behind Jilly Ingman in the 3,000 metres event.<ref>{{cite web |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |access-date=2 April 2025 |website=National Union of Track Statisticians}}</ref> Scott became the British 800 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2002 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20020715/375/0027 |title=Weekend results - Athletics |work=The Scotsman |date=15 July 2002 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
Representing Scotland, she finished fourth in the 800 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006. In both finals, she broke the Scottish record. In running 1:59.30 in the 2002 final, she improved her best by over a second and broke the longest standing Scottish track record to become the first Scots woman to run under two minutes. The previous record of 2:00.15 by Rosemary Stirling, had stood for 30 years. Scott improved on this in the 2006 final with 1:59.02, which stood as the Scottish record until 2014, when Lynsey Sharp ran 1:58.80. As of 2015, Scott ranks 11th on the UK all-time list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/susan-scott-1.html|title=athlete profile|website=Sports Reference|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=18 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041908/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/susan-scott-1.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
Scott won the AAA title again at the 2005 AAA Championships before finishing runner-up to Lisa Dobriskey at the 2008 British Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 April 2025 }}</ref> Her 1500 metres best of 4:07.00, was set in June 2008. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Scott represented Great Britain where she was eliminated in the heats of the 1500 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/115226 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6" |Representing {{GBR2}} / {{SCO}} |- |1999 |European U23 Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |15th (h) |1500m |4:21.44 |- |2002 |Commonwealth Games |Manchester, England |4th |800 m |1:59.30 |- |2005 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |semis |800 m |2:01.17 |- |2006 |Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia |4th |800 m |1:59.02 |- |rowspan=2|2008 |World Indoor Championships |Valencia, Spain |heats |1500 m |4:10.39 |- |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |heats |1500 m |4:14.66 |}
== References == {{Reflist}} *{{World Athletics}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Susan}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Irvine, North Ayrshire Category:Scottish women middle-distance runners Category:British women middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Scotland Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain