Sylvia Needham

Needham finished third behind Maya Giri in the discus throw event at the 1954 WAAA Championships,^[1] improving to second behind the same athlete the following year at the 1955 WAAA Championships.^[2] Needham was unfortunate to then meet Suzanne Allday in competition because she denied Needham on several occasions for the national title, although Needham did claim the WAAA discus title at the 1957 WAAA Championships.^[3][4]

She represented England^[5] in the discus at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.^[6][7]