Suzanne Allday-Goodison (26 November 1934 – 26 July 2017) was an English female discus thrower and

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ter. She was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.

Athletics career

She represented Great Britain at three

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: 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

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in the discus at the

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fi ...

. She represented England at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ...

in Cardiff winning a

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in the discus and a

in the shot put. Four years later she won a

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in the shot put at the

1962 Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. The ...

in Perth, Western Australia.

References

1934 births 2017 deaths British female discus throwers British female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Sportspeople from Shoreham-by-Sea Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub