WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Discus

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		First		Second		Third
		WAAA Championships
		⚥ - later identified as a man
1924		Florence Birchenough	20.57 NR	Beatrice Manton	20.11	Sophie Eliott-Lynn	19.60
1925		Florence Birchenough	27.18 NR	E. Bell	24.34	Mary Weston ⚥	24.06
1926		Florence Birchenough	27.92	Louise Fawcett	26.83	Marjorie Balchin	24.75
1927		Florence Birchenough	28.57	Louise Fawcett	26.58	Roberta Hatcher	25.17
1928		Florence Birchenough	27.93	Louise Fawcett	25.96	Mary Weston ⚥	24.74
1929		Mary Weston ⚥	30.50	Florence Birchenough	26.97	Nellie Purvey	26.91
1930		Louise Fawcett	29.30	Irene Phillips	27.63	Nellie Purvey	26.12
1931		Irene Phillips	29.79	Ada Holland	27.02	Louise Fawcett	26.58
1932		Ada Holland	30.86	Louise Fawcett	27.95	Irene Phillips	26.38
1933		Ada Holland	33.21 NR	Cor Pels NED	31.66	Joan Webster	31.55
1934		Irene Phillips	31.00	Ada Holland	30.74	Ruby Davis	28.29
1935		Ada Holland	30.94	Irene Phillips	30.71	Joan Webster	30.68
1936		Irene Phillips	30.82	Ada Holland	30.20	Margaret Cox	29.94
1937		Irene Phillips	32.61	Kathleen Tilley	29.20	Ada Holland	29.15
1938		Bevis Reid	35.42 NR	Kathleen Tilley	30.66	Katharine Connal	29.70
1939		Bevis Reid	33.85	Kathleen Tilley	33.34	Katharine Connal	29.11
		1940-1944 Championships not held
1945		Kathleen Dyer (Tilley)	30.38	Muriel Smith	30.12	Margaret Lucas	27.24
1946		Margaret Lasbrey RHO	28.36	Doris Endruweit	28.04	Kathleen Dyer	26.57
1947		Margaret Lucas	36.40 NR	Bevis Reid	36.17	Milena Taiblová TCH	35.15
1948		Bevis Reid	36.73	Elspeth Whyte	33.65	Margaret Lucas	32.25
1949		Bevis Reid	36.97	Gwen Buddle	32.46	Joan Hesselwood	28.91
1950		Joyce Smith	33.04	Sylvia Needham	32.44	Gwen Buddle	32.18
1951		Bevis Shergold (Reid)	39.88 NR	Suzanne Farmer	35.80	Joan Linsell	35.63
1952		Suzanne Farmer	39.33	Bevis Shergold	38.50	Maya Giri	36.93
1953		Suzanne Farmer	40.01	Maya Giri	37.85	Pamela Jones	37.54
1954		Maya Giri	39.42	Suzanne Allday (Farmer)	39.09	Sylvia Needham	36.32
1955		Maya Giri	41.68	Sylvia Needham	40.43	Gwen Charman (Buddle)	35.38
1956		Suzanne Allday	47.02 NR	Sylvia Needham	41.29	Maya Giri	40.73
1957		Sylvia Needham	40.22	Maya Giri	39.45	Maureen Burtenshaw	38.19
1958		Suzanne Allday	47.70 NR	Maya Giri	42.20	Sylvia Needham	42.18
1959		Suzanne Allday	45.21	Brenda Hampton	42.18	Sylvia Needham	39.74
1960		Suzanne Allday	45.25	Betty Smith	40.80	Sylvia Needham	40.66
1961		Suzanne Allday	45.30	Wendy Thomas	39.98	Brenda Bedford	39.42
1962		Loesje Boling NED	47.28	Suzanne Allday	46.09	Ann Duckham	42.36
1963		Lia Manoliu ROM	49.40	Suzanne Allday	44.39	Brenda Bedford	40.18
1964		Kriemhild Limberg FRG	50.92	Rosemary Payne	46.25	Suzanne Allday	42.10
1965		Elivia Ballotta ITA	50.56	Kriemhild Limberg FRG	50.10	Rosemary Payne	48.04
1966		Rosemary Payne	49.88	Brenda Bedford	44.12	Gail Smith	41.78
1967		Rosemary Payne	46.66	Jo Frampton	44.36	Brenda Bedford	44.04
1968		Karin Illgen GDR	57.22	Christine Spielberg GDR	56.64	Anneke de Bruin NED	50.52
		(Best UK: Rosemary Payne 47.20)
1969		Lia Manoliu ROM	55.58	Rosemary Payne	49.58	Anneke de Bruin NED	48.50
1970		Rosemary Payne	52.58	Sigrun Kofink FRG	48.58	Ilse Spiess FRG	46.72
1971		Liesel Westermann FRG	58.44	Jean Roberts AUS	52.76	Rosemary Payne	52.60
1972		Rosemary Payne	53.78	Jean Roberts AUS	51.66	Brenda Bedford	45.84
1973		Rosemary Payne	56.40	Meg Ritchie	50.54	Ulla Buuts SWE	48.14
1974		Jane Haist CAN	56.38	Rosemary Payne	51.70	Carol Martin CAN	50.94
1975		Meg Ritchie	53.12	Janet Thompson	51.52	Lesley Mallin	47.74
1976		Janet Thompson	51.38	Janis Kerr	47.78	Jo Frampton	45.92
1977		Meg Ritchie	53.98	Janis Kerr	45.28	Janet Beese	44.12
1978		Janet Thompson	49.80	Patricia Walsh IRL	47.28	Angela Littlewood	46.22
1979		Janet Thompson	53.56	Patricia Walsh IRL	51.12	Lesley Mallin	48.88
1980		Lesley Mallin	51.24	Venissa Head	50.64	Gwen Bird	47.56
1981		Meg Ritchie	62.22	Mariette van Heerden ZIM	52.40	Lesley Bryant (Mallin)	52.06
1982		Janette Picton	51.06	Lesley Bryant	50.88	Vanessa Redford	49.50
1983		Lynda Whiteley	53.88	Patricia Walsh IRL	52.22	Julia Avis	50.62
1984		Lynda Whiteley	57.32	Karen Pugh	49.98	Janette Picton	47.20
1985		Julia Avis	50.82	Karen Pugh	49.48	Judy Oakes	48.70
1986		Kathryn Farr	51.20	Jane Aucott	50.06	Karen Pugh	49.78
1987		Ellen Mulvihill	52.56	Kathryn Farr	51.60	Karen Pugh	51.04
1988		Jackie McKernan	51.80	Venissa Head	51.14	Karen Pugh	50.54
1989		Janette Picton	53.22	Sharon Andrews	52.84	Karen Pugh	51.58
1990		Lisa-Marie Vizaniari AUS	57.22	Jackie McKernan	55.48	Janette Picton	51.14
1991		Jackie McKernan	57.76	Janette Picton	52.94	Lacy Barnes USA	52.92
		AAA Championships
1992		Jackie McKernan	54.48	Sharon Andrews	53.36	Tracy Axten	52.30
1993		Daniela Costian AUS	61.58	Tracy Axten	54.40	Debbie Callaway	53.28
1994		Jackie McKernan	56.94	Sharon Andrews	56.24	Debbie Callaway	54.94
1995		Lisa-Marie Vizaniari AUS	61.98	Jackie McKernan	58.88	Shelley Drew	53.74
1996		Jackie McKernan	54.12	Shelley Drew	53.68	Debbie Callaway	52.52
1997	BAF	Shelley Drew	58.16	Tracy Axten	53.86	Jackie McKernan	53.28
1997	AAA	Jackie McKernan	56.00	Philippa Roles	50.68	Tracy Axten	49.76
1998		Shelley Drew	60.82	Jackie McKernan	57.09	Philippa Roles	54.14
1999		Shelley Drew	55.16	Philippa Roles	54.55	Emma Merry	51.43
2000		Shelley Drew	59.03	Philippa Roles	54.74	Emma Merry	53.00
2001		Shelley Drew	57.22	Philippa Roles	53.45	Vicky Foster	46.94
2002		Philippa Roles	56.32	Shelley Newman (Drew)	54.08	Emma Carpenter	53.28
2003		Shelley Newman	58.16	Philippa Roles	57.65	Claire Smithson	52.59
2004		Philippa Roles	58.57	Shelley Newman	55.44	Kara Nwidobie	52.78
2005		Philippa Roles	57.01	Claire Smithson	53.62	Kara Nwidobie	53.22
2006		Claire Smithson	56.15	Kara Nwidobie	55.21	Emma Carpenter	54.28
		National Championships
2007		Philippa Roles	57.83	Emma Carpenter	54.40	Eden Francis	54.08
2008		Emma Carpenter	57.26	Philippa Roles	57.13	Eden Francis	52.48
2009		Philippa Roles	57.57	Eden Francis	56.06	Jade Nicholls	53.75
2010		Jade Nicholls	57.81	Philippa Roles	57.27	Eden Francis	50.47
2011		Jade Nicholls	56.19	Eden Francis	53.99	Kirsty Law	51.20
2012		Eden Francis	53.09	Jade Nicholls	52.21	Kirsty Law	49.77
2013		Jade Lally (Nicholls)	60.23	Kirsty Law	52.75	Samantha Milner	47.38
2014		Eden Francis	55.93	Jade Lally	54.58	Kirsty Law	54.00
2015		Jade Lally	57.37	Eden Francis	55.47	Kirsty Law	52.15
2016		Jade Lally	59.15	Eden Francis	56.24	Kirsty Law	52.19
2017		Jade Lally	58.14	Kirsty Law	52.73	Shadine Duquemin	51.31
2018		Jade Lally	56.81	Kirsty Law	54.63	Phoebe Dowson	53.05
2019		Kirsty Law	54.23	Amy Holder	54.00	Shadine Duquemin	53.23
2020		Kirsty Law	57.95	Jade Lally	57.20	Shadine Duquemin	52.52
2021		Eden Francis	56.32	Shadine Duquemin	54.20	Divine Oladipo	53.21
2022		Jade Lally	61.42	Kirsty Law	55.18	Amy Holder	54.54
2023		Jade Lally	60.13	Kirsty Law	57.30	Zara Obamakinwa	55.99
2024		Divine Oladipo	54.78	Zara Obamakinwa	53.23	Jade Lally	52.75

Top Medallists
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Jade Nicholls/Lally	9	3	2	14	2009-2024	15
Suzanne Farmer/Allday	7	4	1	12	1951-1964	13
Philippa Roles	5	6	1	12	1998-2010	12
Kirsty Law	2	5	5	12	2011-2023	12
Shelley Drew/Newman	6	3	1	10	1995-2004	9
Rosemary Payne	5	3	2	10	1964-1974	10
Eden Francis	3	4	3	10	2007-2021	14
Jackie McKernan	5	3	1	9	1988-1998	10
Sylvia Needham	1	3	4	8	1950-1960	10
Bevis Reid/Shergold	5	2		7	1938-1952	14
Irene Phillips	4	2	1	7	1930-1937	7
Ada Holland	3	3	1	7	1931-1937	6
Maya Giri	2	3	2	7	1952-1958	6
Florence Birchenough	5	1		6	1924-1929	5
Louise Fawcett	1	4	1	6	1926-1932	6
Karen Pugh		2	4	6	1984-1989	5
Other top winners and long spans
Brenda Bedford		1	4	5	1961-1972	11
Meg Ritchie	3	1		4	1973-1981	8
Janet Thompson	3	1		4	1975-1979	4

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