Sue Geh

Susanna Geh (10 September 1959 – 14 September 1998) was an Australian basketball player.

Early life

Geh was educated in Canberra at Forrest Primary School, Alfred Deakin High School and Phillip College (1976). After leaving school, she worked at the Department of Defence. Her parents were Karl and Inge and she had an older sister, Gaby.

Geh played for the national team between 1983 and 1986, competing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. At the Games, she played a prominent role in Australia defeating Yugoslavia 62–59 in the playoff for fifth and sixth place. At 205 centimetres (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in), Geh was Australia's tallest ever international female basketball player, being two centimetres taller than Liz Cambage who played with the Opals until 2021.

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Geh played for the Canberra Capitals in 1986 and 1987. At age 26, a hereditary heart condition forced Geh into early retirement following her participation in the 1986 World Championships in Moscow. Geh died in Canberra Hospital on 14 September 1998 from heart failure, aged 39.

Legacy

Sue Geh Circuit in the Canberra suburb of Nicholls is named after her. Basketball Canberra runs the Sue Geh Cup, a competition for primary-school girls. In November 2015, Geh was inducted into the ACT Sport Hall of Fame.