Madeleine Scott

Madeleine Scott (born 11 February 1993) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and has won silver medals at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]

Madeleine Scott
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
Perth, Western Australia
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSouth Lake
CoachYuriy Vdovychenko
Medal record
Women's paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro4 x 100 m medley
IPC Swimming World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Glasgow4 x 100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2014 Glasgow100 m breastroke SB9
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold Coast100 m breastroke SB8

Personal

Scott was born on 11 February 1993 in Perth, Western Australia.[2] She has erb's palsy.[3] In 2016, she was studying to be dental nurse.

Career

Scott began swimming at the age of 13 for the South Lake Dolphins club in Perth.[4] In 2010, she broke the world record S9 50m butterfly, beating the world record by three tenths of a second, touching in at a time of 32.26.[5] She experienced success at the 2014 Commonwealth games achieving silver in the 100m breastroke SB9 classification. Scott also finished 4th in the 200m individual medley in the SM10 classification. Scott broke the world record S9 50m butterfly beating the world record by three tenths of a second touching in at a time of 32.26.[5]

At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she won a silver medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 Points, finished fourth in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB9 and sixth in the 100m Butterfly S9 and 200m Individual Medley SM9.[6]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Scott won her first Paralympic silver medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Relay Medley (34 Points) alongside Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott and Lakeisha Patterson.[7] SHe also competed in the following events but didn't progress to the finals: Women's 100m Butterfly S9, Women's 100m Breaststroke SB9, Women's 200m Individual Medley SM9.[7]

In 2015, she was training at the Australian Institute of Sport under head coach Yuriy Vdovychenko.[4]

Recognition
  • 2009 – Wheelchair Sports Western Australia Junior Athlete of the Year[6]

References
  1. "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News, 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. "Madeleine Scott". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. "Madeleine Scott". Australian Paralymoic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. "Biography". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. "Scott smashes world record". ASCTA. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. "Madeleine Scott". International Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  7. "Madeleine Scott". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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