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Valerie Adams

Adams after her victory at the 2009 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1984-10-06) October 6, 1984 (age 40) Rotorua, New Zealand
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Shot put
Coached by	Jean-Pierre Egger (2010–present)
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Outdoor: 21.24 m (2011, World Championship record) Indoor: 20.54 m (2012)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Shot put World Championships 2007 Osaka Shot put 2009 Berlin Shot put 2011 Daegu Shot put 2005 Helsinki Shot put World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia Shot put 2012 Istanbul Shot put 2010 Doha Shot put Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Shot put 2006 Melbourne Shot put 2002 Manchester Shot put World Cup / Continental Cup 2006 Athens Shot put 2010 Split Shot put World Athletics Final 2008 Stuttgart Shot put 2009 Thessaloniki Shot put 2005 Monaco Shot put 2006 Stuttgart Shot put 2007 Stuttgart Shot put

Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly known as Valerie Vili), ONZM (born 6 October 1984) is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning women's Olympic champion and three-time World champion, two-time Commonwealth and World Indoor champion. She currently holds the New Zealand, Oceanian, Commonwealth and equal World Championship records with a personal best throw of 21.24 metres.

Adams is one of only seven athletes (along with Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jana Pittman, and Dani Samuels) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

Personal life

Adams was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, to a Tongan mother (Lilika Ngauamo) and an English father (Sydney Adams). She was married to Bertrand Vili, a discus thrower from New Caledonia, but divorced him early in 2010. Valerie has several brothers over seven feet tall; her youngest brother, Steven, is a basketball player at Notre Dame Prep in Massachusetts, United States. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

References

• Valerie Adams at World Athletics

1. "Valerie Vili speaks out" (PDF, in English). New Idea. Hospice New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
2. 12th IAAF Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009 – Pressure free, Vili delivers second World Title Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
3. "Valerie Vili speaks out". New Idea. Hospice New Zealand. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
4. Taylor, Murray (6 February 2007). "Strong winds suppress results in Hamilton". IAAF. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
5. Woodcock, Fred (11 August 2011). "Kiwi Steven Adams an NBA shoo-in". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
6. Rees, Peter. "Mum's the word for Valerie". Islands Business. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

External links

• Vili wins the shot put title at the 2007 World Championships at YouTube
• Page with Photo, one of several at Sporting Heroes

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• 1984 births
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
• Living people
• New Zealand Latter Day Saints
• Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
• Olympic athletes of New Zealand
• Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
• People from Rotorua
• New Zealand shot putters
• New Zealand people of Tongan descent
• Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Female shot putters
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand sportswomen