Emily Scott (speed skater)

Emily Scott is an American short track speed skater who competed at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. As a young girl, Scott was a gymnast and roller skater. She discontinued gymnastics when it became too expensive, and took up inline speed skating. As an inline skater, she won five World Championship gold medals and set three national records.

Scott was born February 16, 1989, in Springfield, Missouri, to mother Carol and father Craig Scott. She grew up in Springfield, Missouri. When she was in third grade, she and her sister were removed from their mothers house. They were subsequently raised by their father. Scott graduated from Hillcrest High School in 2007.

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