Valerie Adams

Rio was Valerie's fourth Olympic Games winning the shot put silver medal. Valerie also took medals at Beijing 2008 (gold) and London 2012 (gold) and finishing seventh in her debut at Athens 2004.

Valerie has been the dominant women's shot putter in the world since 2006, only beaten twice in major world events during that period and having an unprecedented winning streak of 56 competitions between 2010 and 2014. She was the IAAF world female athlete of the year for 2014.

Valerie is on the comeback after shoulder and elbow surgery in 2014. She finished third at the recent World Indoor Championships.

Valerie has won 14 New Zealand shot put titles and has won the Halberg Sportswoman of the year award seven consecutive years from 2006 - 2012. She has also been awarded the NZOC's Lonsdale Cup in 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

Leading into Rio 2016, Valerie was dividing her time between her home in Auckland and her European training and competition base in Switzerland and has recently married Gabriel Price.

Valerie competes for Pakuranga Athletic Club has been coached by Jean-Pierre Egger since 2010.

 - Olympic Champion 2008 & 2012
 - World Champion 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
 - World Indoor Champion 2008, 2012, 2014
 - Commonwealth Champion 2006, 2010, 2014
 - Ranked 1^st in world 2009 – 2014
 - Personal Best  21.24m (NZ record)
 - 2016 Best  19.43m