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Suzanne Allday

Suzanne Allday

British discus thrower and shot putter

Suzanne Allday-Goodison (26 November 1934 – 26 July 2017) was an English discus thrower and shot putter. She was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.[1]

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Athletics career

Allday-Goodison represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics: 1952, 1956 and 1960. She married hammer thrower Peter Allday, and was affiliated with the Brighton Ladies Athletic Club and the Spartan Ladies Athletic Club during her career.

In 1954 she won the first of four medals for England at the Commonwealth Games. The first was a silver medal in the discus at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Allday-Goodison represented England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff winning a gold medal in the discus and a silver medal in the shot put.[2][3]

Four years later she won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. [3]
    "1954 Athletes". Team England.
  4. [4]
    "1962 Athletes". Team England.


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