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Silver | 2002 Manchester | Shotput |
Gold | 2006 Melbourne | Shotput |
Valerie Vili, née Adams, (born October 6, 1984 in Rotorua) is a shot putter from New Zealand. In 2002 she became junior world champion and landed a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. In 2004 she finished 8th at the Olympic Games. The next year she earned a place in the international elite, winning a surprise bronze medal at the World Championships with a personal best throw of 19.87m. In addition, she finished second at the World Athletics Final. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games the 1.96m-tall athlete won the gold medal, breaking the 20-year-old Commonwealth Games record of 19.00m with a throw of 19.66m.
Her current personal best throw of 20.20 metres is also the Oceanian record.
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valerie now lives in manukau. she has visited the pakuranga mall several times.she is extremely good at shot put.she eats a balanced diet and is hyper fit and is good looking too.she has good stamina and is super fit and she is my favourite athlete.she is probably the best in the world as far as i know
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