Candice Scott
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Birth name | Candice Henrietta Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Trinidad and Tobago | September 17, 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Candice Henrietta Scott (born 17 September 1980) is a track and field athlete who is a hammer throw specialist from Trinidad and Tobago.
Her personal best throw is 71.45 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta, Georgia.
She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in recreation in 2005.
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1998 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | Shot put | 13.17 m |
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) | Georgetown, Cayman Islands | 2nd | Shot put | 12.78 m | |
1999 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 1st | Shot put | 14.09 m |
2nd | Discus throw | 34.50 m | |||
Pan American Junior Championships | Tampa, United States | 2nd | Shot put | 14.16 m | |
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 8th | Shot put | 15.33 m |
5th | Hammer throw | 60.93 m | |||
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 9th | Hammer throw | 67.73 m |
Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. | 3rd | Hammer throw | 69.06 m | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 9th | Hammer throw | 69.94 m (=NR) |
2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 5th | Shot put | 16.43 m |
1st | Hammer throw | 67.44 m | |||
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | Hammer throw | 66.55 m | |
2007 | NACAC Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 2nd | Hammer throw | 60.52 m |
Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9th | Hammer throw | 62.21 m | |
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | Hammer throw | 69.26 m |
Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 40th (q) | Hammer throw | 63.03 m |
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References[]
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Florida Gators women's track and field athletes
- Olympic athletes of Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago hammer throwers
- Female hammer throwers
- Trinidad and Tobago female athletes
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Female weight throwers
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago shot putters
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