Scott Overall (born 9 February 1983 in
Hammersmith, London
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
It ...
) is a British athlete who runs for the
Blackheath & Bromley running club.
Scott was officially named part of the 2012 GB Olympic team on 5 December 2011 after achieving "A-Standard" at the
Berlin marathon
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. He finished 61st in the London Olympic Marathon of 2012 in a time of 2:22:37
Overall attended Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School until 1994 then
Orleans Park Secondary School in
Twickenham
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until 1999. Overall then attended
Butler University
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in
Indiana
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,
United States
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, from 2004-2007. He was also an usher at
Mo Farah
Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...
's wedding.
International competitions
References
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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Hammersmith
Athletes from London
British male long-distance runners
British male middle-distance runners
British male marathon runners
English male long-distance runners
English male middle-distance runners
English male marathon runners
Olympic male marathon runners
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
British Athletics Championships winners
Butler University alumni
People educated at Orleans Park School