Dorothy Scott (born 31 August 1957) is a Jamaican

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. She competed in the women's

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at the

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and the

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. Scott competed in the

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for the Texas Woman's Pioneers track and field team, running on their

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squad that finished 5th at the

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International competitions

References

1957 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Jamaican female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Jamaica Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Place of birth missing (living people) Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Jamaican sportswomen 21st-century Jamaican women Texas Woman's Pioneers track and field athletes Jamaican female sprinters {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub