| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Louis Cohn "Lou" Scott | |||||||||||
| Born | September 4, 1945 (age 79) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Arizona State University | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Mile, 5,000 meters 10,000 meters, 25Km road run | |||||||||||
| Club | Motor City Striders | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Mile – 4:04.9 (1964); 2 miles – 8:35.2 (1967); 5000 – 13:46.4 (1968) [1] | |||||||||||
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Louis Cohn "Lou" Scott (born September 4, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American long-distance runner who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. [2] He won a silver medal at the 1967 Pan American Games.
He continues to run, showing up in a local Senior Olympics race. [3] Running for Eastern High School, he was the Michigan State Champion in the mile in 1962 and 1963. He was also the 1962 state Cross Country Champion. His 4:11.3 in the summer of 1963 was the Michigan state record for seven years. [4]
In 1985, Scott was a school teacher, and also competed in the Masters National Outdoor Track and Field Championship. [5]
