Michelle Scutt, née Probert (born 17 June 1960) is a female former British Olympic athlete. Competing for Wales at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres, behind Australia's Raelene Boyle.
Early life Scutt is from CulchethLiverpool Echo Thursday 11 July 1974, page 31 and attended Culcheth High School.Liverpool Echo Thursday 7 July 1977, page 27
Athletics career Probert became the British 400 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1980 WAAA Championships.
Probert married fellow international athlete Steve Scutt on 18 October 1980 in Culcheth and competed under her married name thereafter.Daily Mirror Tuesday 22 April 1980, page 30 She moved to Loughborough where her husband worked at the university.
Scutt won a bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, running the third leg of the 4 × 400 m relay. She was Welsh champion at 100 m (1978–1982), 200 m (1978, 1980–1982) and 400 m (1979 and 1984).
Scutt regained the WAAA 400 metres title at the 1982 WAAA Championships.
She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the 400 m reaching the semi-final round, and in the 4 × 400 m relay reaching the final and finishing in fourth place. Her personal best time in the 400 m is 50.63, which she ran in Cwmbran in 1982, at the time a British record and still the Welsh record. In addition to her silver medal for 400 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games she also competed in the 200 metres and 4x400 metres relay.
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