Valerie Adams

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Personal Information.

Name: Valerie Kasanita Adams

Nationality: New Zealand

Age/Born: 6th October 1984 ( 30 years old )

Height: 193cms ( 6ft 4inch )

Weight: 120kgs

Sport: Athletics ( Shotput )

Coach: Jean- Pierre Egger

Achievements

Personal Bests                                   Indoor Champs                      

Indoor: 20.54m                                   Gold: 2008 Valencia

Outdoor: 21.24m                                Silver: 2010 Doha

                                                          Gold:  2012 Istanbul

Olympic Games                                 Gold:  2014 Sopot   

Gold: 2008 Beijing

Gold: 2012 London                         Commonwealth Games

                                                     Silver: 2002 Manchester

World Championships                    Gold: 2006 Melbourne

Silver: 2005 Helsinki                       Gold: 2010 Delhi

Gold: 2007 Osaka                          Gold: 2014  Glasgow

Gold: 2009 Berlin                

Gold: 2011 Daegu

Gold; 2013 Moscow                             

                                                      World/Continental Cup

                                                     Gold: 2006 Athens

                                                       Gold: 2010 Split              

World Athletics Finals

Gold: 2005 Monaco

Silver: 2006 Struttgart

Silver: 2007 Struttgart

Gold: 2008 Struttgart

Gold: 2009 Thessaloniki

Personal Life:

Born: Rotorua, New Zealand

Siblings: NBA basket baller Steven Adams and Warren Adams who is also into basketball.

Parents: Tongan Mother: : Lilika Ngauamo and English Father: Sydney Adams.

Relationships:  Married Bertrand Vili but in 2010 they got divorced.