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{{similar names|Mark Scott (disambiguation){{!}}Mark Scott}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Marc Scott
| image = 2022-08-21 European Championships 2022 – Men's 10,000 Metres =by MarcSandro ScottHalank–013.jpg
| caption = Scott racing at University ofin Washington2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|12|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Northallerton, North Yorkshire]], England<ref name="tulsahurricane">{{cite web|url=http://tulsahurricane.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5212|title=University of Tulsa Athletics - Marc Scott - 2015-16|website=tulsahurricane.com|accessdate=2017-08-15}}</ref>
| height = 5 ft 101.78 inm
| weight = 62 = kg
| education = [[University of Tulsa|Tulsa]], [[Manchester Metropolitan University]]
| sport employer = [[Sport ofNike, athleticsInc.|AthleticsNike]]
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = [[5000 metres|5000&nbsp;m]], [[10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]
| collegeteam = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|Tulsa]]
| club = Bowerman Track Club / Richmond & Zetland Harriers
| team = [[NN Running Team]]
| coach = Jerry Schumacher
| coach = self-coached
| pb = {{ubl
|'''[[3000 metres|3000&nbsp;m]]''': 7:36.08 (2021)
|'''[[10,000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m]]''': 27:10.41 (2021)
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'''Marc Scott''' (born 21 December 1993)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Marc SCOTT – Athlete Profile |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/marc-scott-296516 |website=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> is a British [[Long-distance running|long-distance runner]] representing Nike and the NN Running Team. He took his first global medal with bronze in the [[3000 metres]] at the [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 World Indoor Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=2022-03-20 |title=Ugen and Scott win bronze to spare GB’sGB's blushes at world indoor championships |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/20/bronze-brilliance-by-lorraine-ugen-and-marc-scott-only-success-for-gb |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=[[TheGuardian.com]]}}</ref> He is the [[List of European records in athletics|European indoor record]] holder for the [[5000 metres]].
 
Scott represented [[Great Britain]] in the [[5000 metres]] at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 London]] and the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 Doha]] [[World Athletics Championships]] and at the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]].
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Scott started running at the age of 11.<ref name="TW">{{cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/tusportsextra/tu-took-a-chance-on-distance-runner-marc-scott-and/article_10cc960e-a543-589e-a963-6be558908731.html|author=Kelly Hines|title=''TU took a chance on distance runner Marc Scott, and it paid off''|date=May 4, 2017|accessdate=October 14, 2018}}</ref> He grew up playing football as well as running, and was "moderately" successful as a high school runner according to ''Tulsa World''.<ref name="TW"/> [[University of Tulsa|Tulsa]]'s cross country and distance coach Steve Gulley claimed that he did not seek international recruits, but that Scott reached out to him. In addition to this, an accomplished British runner put in a good word for Scott.<ref name="TW"/>
 
{{cquote|“You"You don’tdon't have many kids saying, ‘I'I can make your team if you give me a shot.’…He'...He talked his way into a scholarship and a spot on this team." -Steve Gulley<ref name="TW"/>}}
 
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|source=Marc Scott after winning the men's 10,000 meters at the NCAA DI Outdoor Championships on 7 June 2017<ref name="LRTM"/>
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On 5 June 2017 Scott was admitted to hospital for a [[Epileptic seizure|seizure]] he experienced four miles into a regular training run.<ref name="RM">{{cite web|url=https://running.competitor.com/2017/06/news/emergency-scott-wins-10000-meters-ncaa_165074|author=Kristan Dietz|title=Competitor.com: ''Despite Medical Emergency, Marc Scott Wins 10,000 Meters At NCAA Champs''|date=June 8, 2017|accessdate=October 14, 2018}}</ref> He reportedly had experienced seizures in the past.<ref name="RM"/><ref name="LRTM">{{cite web|url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/06/tulsas-marc-scott-wins-2017-ncaa-10k-title-just-two-days-hospitalized-mini-seizure/|author=Letsrun.com|title=''Tulsa’sTulsa's Marc Scott Wins 2017 NCAA 10K Title Just Two Days After Being Hospitalized for a “Mini"Mini-Seizure”Seizure"''|date=June 7, 2017|accessdate=October 14, 2018}}</ref> In spite of the hospitalisation, doctors did not forbid him from racing, and he went on to win the men's 10,000 metres at the [[2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2017 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships]] in a time of 29:01.54, running the last 400 metres in 55.44 seconds.<ref name="LRTM"/>
 
After graduating from Tulsa, Scott joined the Bowerman Track Club. He raced the [[2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|men's 5000 metres]] at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018 European Championships]], placing fifth in the final.<ref name="WAprofile" />
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Scott's bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 World Indoor Championships]] in [[Belgrade]] was only the second time in the meet history that a British male has medalled over the distance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rhodes |first=James |date=19 January 2023 |title=Great Scott! |url=https://www.fastrunning.com/training/athlete-insights/great-scott/35315 |access-date=19 January 2023 |website=Fast Running |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
In September 2024, he won the UK Athletics 5K Road Running Championship and finished second behind Abel Kipchumba in the Great North Run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c89wj471dzvo|title=Scott finishes second and McColgan fifth in Great North Run|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 September 2024}}</ref>
 
==Achievements==
Information taken from [[World Athletics]] profile.
 
===International competitions===
{|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes|NotesOff=yes}}
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|rowspan=2|[[Samokov]], Bulgaria
|7th
|XC 8.05 &nbsp;km U23
|[[2014 European Cross Country Championships#Under-23 men|25:54]]
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|rowspan=2|[[Hyères]], France
|4th
|XC 8.087 &nbsp;km U23
|[[2015 European Cross Country Championships#Under-23 men|23:39]]
|-
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|rowspan=2|[[Tilburg]], Netherlands
|9th
|XC 10.3 &nbsp;km
|[[2018 European Cross Country Championships#Senior men|29:21]]
|-
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* [[10-mile run|10 miles]] – 46:58 (Portsmouth 2019)
* [[Half Marathon]] – 60:39 (Larne 2020)
* Relivo Champion of Mafeking Scouts
 
==References==
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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University]]
[[Category:Athletes from Yorkshire]]
[[Category:People from Northallerton]]
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[[Category:British Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:English expatriates in the United States]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes offor Great Britain]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists]]
[[Category:20th21st-century British peoplesportspeople]]
[[Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners]]
[[Category:21st-century British people]]
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