The first junior international was held in 1978 against England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.The first Scottish athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games was Arthur Robertson, a member of Birchfield Harriers who had been born in Sheffield, but his father John, a doctor, had been born in Dalziel, near Motherwell. The first Scottish woman to win an Olympic medal was Linsey MacDonald, who won a bronze medal for the 4 x 400 metres relay in Moscow in 1980.
The inaugural junior international match occurred in 1978 against England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Arthur Robertson became Scotland's first Olympian by winning a medal at the Games, being born in Sheffield but his father John, a doctor, hailing from Dalziel near Motherwell. Linsey MacDonald made history as Scotland's first female Olympic medallist, claiming bronze for the 4 x 400 metres relay in Moscow in 1980.