Susan Anita Jayne Chick (née Morley, born 6 January 1960) is a British former athlete who competed in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She finished seventh in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 1983 World Championships. She also represented Great Britain in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the

1984 Los Angeles Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, and England at the

1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ...

. Her sister,

Kay Morley-Brown Kay Morley-Brown (née Morley, born 5 March 1963) is a British former athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles. Representing Wales, she won the 1990 Commonwealth Games 100 metres hurdles title, and went on to represent Great Britain ...

, is also a former international hurdler.

Career

Born in Swinton, then in the

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, Morley won the 400 metres hurdles title at the 1980

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in 58.76 secs. In 1982, she won the UK Championships title in 57.10, retained her AAA title in 57.31, and ended the season finishing fourth in the final at the

in 57.57. Morley won her second UK title in 1983 in 56.67 secs, before going on to finish seventh in the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki in 56.04 secs, to break Christine Warden's 1979 British record of 56.06. Morley's record was broken in 1988 by

Sally Gunnell Sally Jane Janet Gunnell (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track and field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a golden 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunne ...

. In 1984, following injury during the winter season, she reached the semifinals at the Los Angeles Olympics, running 56.67. Morley's final year ranked in the UK top three was 1985, when under her married name of Sue Chick, she ranked third with a season's best of 58.15 secs. As of 2018, her best time of 56.04 secs, ranks her 13th on the UK all-time list.

International competitions

National titles

(1980, 1982) * UK Championships (1982, 1983)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morley, Susan 1960 births Living people People from Swinton, South Yorkshire Athletes from Yorkshire English female hurdlers British female hurdlers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain