{{Short description|British discus thrower and shot putter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | fullname = Suzanne Allday-Goodison<br>(née Suzanne Farmer) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|11|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|7|26|1934|11|26|df=yes}} | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Discus / Shot put | club = Brighton LAC<br>Spartan LAC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1954 Vancouver | Discus Throw}} {{MedalGold| 1958 Cardiff | Discus Throw}} {{MedalSilver| 1958 Cardiff | Shot Put}} {{MedalBronze| 1962 Perth | Shot Put}} }}
'''Suzanne Allday-Goodison''' née '''Farmer''' (26 November 1934 – 26 July 2017) was an English discus thrower and shot putter who represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics in 1952, 1956 and 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/suzanne-farmer-allday-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/suzanne-farmer-allday-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Profile|publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref>
== Biography == Farmer was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex and was affiliated with the Brighton Ladies Athletic Club and the Spartan Ladies Athletic Club during her career.
Farmer finished second behind Bevis Shergold in the discus throw event and third behind Shergold in the shot put event at the 1951 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19510708/152/0009 |title=High Jump record is Britain's again |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=8 July 1951 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19510708/079/0010 |title=Its a World Record |work=The People |date=8 July 1951 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
Farmer became the national discus champion for the first time after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1952 WAAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19520615/272/0010 |title=Dorothy Tyler changes style and shocks world champion |work=Sunday Express |date=15 June 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 February 2025 }}</ref> and duly retained the title at the 1953 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19530705/312/0010 |title=Enid nears 5-minute mile |work=Sunday Express |date=5 July 1953 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 February 2025 }}</ref>
In 1953, Farmer married hammer thrower Peter Allday and competed under her married name thereafter. In 1954 she won the first of four medals for England<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19540622/094/0005 |title=England pick strong team for Empire Games |work=Halifax Evening Courier |date=22 June 1954 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref> at the Commonwealth Games. The first was a silver medal in the discus at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists |publisher=GBR Athletics | access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref>
Allday won a remarkable eight shot put national titles and nine national discus title. Only Josephine Cook (in 1955 and 1957) stopped her from winning ten consecutive shot out titles from 1954 to 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19610709/027/0027 |title=Britain find a stand-in for Carole - From Australia |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=9 July 1961 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 February 2025 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54144|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1954 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
Four years later she won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
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