Dorian Scott

Dorian Scott

Personal information
Born	(1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 (age 43) East Orange, New Jersey, United States
Education	Seton Hall Preparatory School
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	132 kg (291 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Event	Shot put
Medal record Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Shot put 2006 Melbourne Shot put Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Shot put Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez Shot put 2006 Cartagena Shot put CAC Championships 2005 Nassau Shot put
Updated on 29 April 2023

Dorian Armand Scott (born 1 February 1982 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States) is a Jamaican shot putter.

He set a national record of 20.34 m to win at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.^{[ citation needed ]}

His personal best is 21.45 meters, achieved in March 2008 in Tallahassee, Florida. This was a Jamaican record before O'Dayne Richards broke it at the 2015 Pan American Games with a throw of 21.69.^{[ citation needed ]}

Scott attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey and Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. ^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Jamaica
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	10th	Shot put	17.02 m
2004	NACAC U-23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	3rd	Shot put	17.62 m
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	Shot put	20.21 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	25th (q)	Shot put	18.33 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	Shot put	19.75 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	5th	Shot put	20.21 m
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	20.06 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	9th (q)	Shot put	20.01 m [2]
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th	Shot put	20.29 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	15th (q)	Shot put	19.94 m
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	Shot put	18.92 m
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	2nd	Shot put	20.69 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	10th	Shot put	20.61 m

References

1. Dorian Scott Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine , CSTV. Accessed 28 October 2007.
2. No mark in the final

External links

• Dorian Scott at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorian Scott". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.