Valerie Adams is a track and field athlete who has competed for New Zealand. She competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympic Games. She originally won a silver at London 2012, but the medal was upgraded to gold after a doping violation of the original winner.
Olympic Results[]
| Year | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Women's shot put | 7th |
| 2008 | Women's shot put | 
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| 2012 | Women's shot put |
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| 2016 | Women's shot put | 
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| 2020 | Women's shot put | 
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2004[]
| Discipline | Round | Stage | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | Qualification | Throw 1 | 18.79 |
| Throw 2 | Bye | ||
| Throw 3 | |||
| Final | Throw 1 | 18.56 | |
| Throw 2 | X | ||
| Throw 3 | 17.93 | ||
| Throw 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Throw 5 | |||
| Throw 6 |
2008[]
| Discipline | Round | Stage | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | Qualification | Throw 1 | 19.73 | |
| Throw 2 | Bye | |||
| Throw 3 | ||||
| Final | Throw 1 | 20.56 | AR | |
| Throw 2 | 20.40 | |||
| Throw 3 | 20.26 | |||
| Throw 4 | 20.01 | |||
| Throw 5 | 20.52 | |||
| Throw 6 | — | |||
2012[]
| Discipline | Round | Stage | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | Qualification | Throw 1 | X |
| Throw 2 | 20.40 | ||
| Throw 3 | Bye | ||
| Final | Throw 1 | 20.61 | |
| Throw 2 | X | ||
| Throw 3 | 20.70 | ||
| Throw 4 | X | ||
| Throw 5 | X | ||
| Throw 6 | 20.24 |
2016[]
| Discipline | Round | Stage | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | Qualification | Throw 1 | 19.74 |
| Throw 2 | Bye | ||
| Throw 3 | |||
| Final | Throw 1 | 19.79 | |
| Throw 2 | 20.42 | ||
| Throw 3 | 19.80 | ||
| Throw 4 | X | ||
| Throw 5 | X | ||
| Throw 6 | 20.39 |
2020[]
| Discipline | Round | Stage | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | Qualification | Throw 1 | 18.75 |
| Throw 2 | 18.59 | ||
| Throw 3 | 18.83 | ||
| Final | Throw 1 | 18.62 | |
| Throw 2 | 19.49 | ||
| Throw 3 | 19.62 | ||
| Throw 4 | X | ||
| Throw 5 | X | ||
| Throw 6 | 18.76 |