Beth Scott

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Beth Scott - SwimmerWashingtonian, December 2001

BETH SCOTT IS OFTEN DEFINED BY WHAT SHE CANNOT DO--READ A blackboard, sew a button, or drive a car.But in the water, she's solid gold Despite a severe visual impairment, Scott is a champion swimmer.She competes in the Paralympic Games, worldwide competition for athletes with physical disabilities.At the 2000 games in Sydney, Scott won two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze.This achievement followed her 1996 gold, silver and four bronzes in Atlanta and her 1992 performance in Barcelona, where she won seven golds and broke seven records.

"When I am wearing goggles, no one can see that my eyes don't focus," Scott says."The only limitation I have is the clock."

Scott, 27, was born with ocular albinism and nystagmus, a genetic disorder that normally affects only males.Doctors said she would be able to perceive only light and shadow.Scott confounded the experts--her vision is 20/200.

She grew up in Rockville, started swimming at five and entered her first race at eight.She won an athletic scholarship to Ball State University and graduated with a degree in sports administration and adaptive physical education.In 1992 Scott missed making the US Olympic trials by half a second.She joined the Paralympics but trained alongside the Olympic swim team in Colorado Springs.

Scott retired from Paralympic swimming after the Sydney games and planned to start working for the US Olympic Committee.A month later she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Last January, she had a thyroidectomy.She's now receiving treatment.She works at the National Institutes of Health in child health and development and is active in the effort to bring the 2012 Olympics to the Washington-Baltimore area.

She loves to speak to community and school groups.Broad of shoulder and buoyant of spirit, she's living proof that the phrase "disabled athlete" is not an oxymoron.

As a child, Scott remembers meeting an Olympic gold medalist who refused to let others touch her medallion because their fingers would tarnish the gold.Scott vowed that if she won a medal she would share it with the world."I want the fold to rub off, to inspire dreams in young people," she says.
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Update November 2004: As many of you know Beth is a pretty big Redskin fan and on November 12, WUSA 9, a local morning news program did a short story on not only her enthusiasm for her home football team but some of the charity events and fundraising that she does for all physically disabled athletes.

If you have any ideas for social, educational or sporty events, please contact Chris or Frances Staniforth, or Beth Scott.
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Young People of Clearbrook - We need you to give us ideas on what you would like to see happening, contact Chris, Frances or Beth.
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Beth Scott NEW Committee Member:

Everybody Into the Pool: Beth Scott
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BETH SCOTT

Swimmer

Beth Scott is often defined by what she cannot do-read a blackboard, sew a button, or drive a car.

But in the water, she's solid gold.

Despite a severe visual impairment, Scott is a champion swimmer.She competes in the Paralympic Games, a worldwide competition for athletes with physical disabilities.At the 2000 games in Sydney, Scott won two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze.This achievement followed her 1996 gold, silver, and four bronzes in Atlanta and her 1992 performance in Barcelona, where she won seven golds and broke seven records.

"When I'm wearing goggles, no one can see that my eyes don't focus," Scott says."The only limitation I have is the clock."

Scott, 27, was born with ocular albinism and nystagmus, a genetic disorder that normally affects only males.Doctors said she would be able to perceive only light and shadow.Scott confounded the experts-her vision is 20/200.

She grew up in Rockville, started swimming at five, and entered her first race at eight.She won an athletic scholarship to Ball State University and graduated with a degree in sports administration and adaptive physical education.In 1992 Scott missed making the US Olympic trials by half a second.She joined the Paralympics but trained alongside the Olympic swim team in Colorado Springs.

Scott retired from Paralympic swimming after the Sydney games and planned to start working for the US Olympic Committee.A month later she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Last January, she had a thyroidectomy.She's now receiving treatment.She works at the National Institutes of Health in child health and development and is active in the effort to bring the 2012 Olympics to the Washington-Baltimore area.

She loves to speak to community and school groups.Broad of shoulder and buoyant of spirit, she's living proof that the phrase "disabled athlete" is not an oxymoron.

As a child, Scott remembers meeting an Olympic gold medalist who refused to let others touch her medallion because their fingers would tarnish the gold.Scott vowed that if she won a medal she would share it with the world."I want the gold to rub off, to inspire dreams in young people," she says.

Everybody Into the Pool: Beth Scott
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BETH SCOTT

Swimmer

Beth Scott is often defined by what she cannot do,read a blackboard, sew a button, or drive a car.

But in the water, she's solid gold.

Despite a severe visual impairment, Scott is a champion swimmer.She competes in the Paralympic Games, a worldwide competition for athletes with physical disabilities.At the 2000 games in Sydney, Scott won two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze.This achievement followed her 1996 gold, silver, and four bronzes in Atlanta and her 1992 performance in Barcelona, where she won seven golds and broke seven records.

"When I'm wearing goggles, no one can see that my eyes don't focus," Scott says."The only limitation I have is the clock."

Scott, 27, was born with ocular albinism and nystagmus, a genetic disorder that normally affects only males.Doctors said she would be able to perceive only light and shadow.Scott confounded the experts,her vision is 20/200.

She grew up in Rockville, started swimming at five, and entered her first race at eight.She won an athletic scholarship to Ball State University and graduated with a degree in sports administration and adaptive physical education.In 1992 Scott missed making the US Olympic trials by half a second.She joined the Paralympics but trained alongside the Olympic swim team in Colorado Springs.

Scott retired from Paralympic swimming after the Sydney games and planned to start working for the US Olympic Committee.A month later she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Last January, she had a thyroidectomy.She's now receiving treatment.She works at the National Institutes of Health in child health and development and is active in the effort to bring the 2012 Olympics to the Washington-Baltimore area.

She loves to speak to community and school groups.Broad of shoulder and buoyant of spirit, she's living proof that the phrase "disabled athlete" is not an oxymoron.

As a child, Scott remembers meeting an Olympic gold medalist who refused to let others touch her medallion because their fingers would tarnish the gold.Scott vowed that if she won a medal she would share it with the world."I want the gold to rub off, to inspire dreams in young people," she says.

Everybody Into the Pool: Beth Scott
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BETH SCOTT

Swimmer

Beth Scott is often defined by what she cannot do-read a blackboard, sew a button, or drive a car.

But in the water, she's solid gold.

Despite a severe visual impairment, Scott is a champion swimmer.She competes in the Paralympic Games, a worldwide competition for athletes with physical disabilities.At the 2000 games in Sydney, Scott won two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze.This achievement followed her 1996 gold, silver, and four bronzes in Atlanta and her 1992 performance in Barcelona, where she won seven golds and broke seven records.

"When I'm wearing goggles, no one can see that my eyes don't focus," Scott says."The only limitation I have is the clock."

Scott, 27, was born with ocular albinism and nystagmus, a genetic disorder that normally affects only males.Doctors said she would be able to perceive only light and shadow.Scott confounded the experts-her vision is 20/200.

She grew up in Rockville, started swimming at five, and entered her first race at eight.She won an athletic scholarship to Ball State University and graduated with a degree in sports administration and adaptive physical education.In 1992 Scott missed making the US Olympic trials by half a second.She joined the Paralympics but trained alongside the Olympic swim team in Colorado Springs.

Scott retired from Paralympic swimming after the Sydney games and planned to start working for the US Olympic Committee.A month later she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Last January, she had a thyroidectomy.She's now receiving treatment.She works at the National Institutes of Health in child health and development and is active in the effort to bring the 2012 Olympics to the Washington-Baltimore area.

She loves to speak to community and school groups.Broad of shoulder and buoyant of spirit, she's living proof that the phrase "disabled athlete" is not an oxymoron.

As a child, Scott remembers meeting an Olympic gold medalist who refused to let others touch her medallion because their fingers would tarnish the gold.Scott vowed that if she won a medal she would share it with the world."I want the gold to rub off, to inspire dreams in young people," she says.