Dorothy Scott (born 31 August 1957) is a Jamaican

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

. She competed in the women's

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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1957 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors 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 women 21st-century Jamaican women {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub