# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valerie-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:12:40.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valerie-adams"
name: "Valerie Adams"
slug: "valerie-adams"
description: "Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 metres (69.7 ft) outdoors and 20.98 metres (68.8 ft) indoors. These marks are Oceanian, Commonwealth and New Zealand national records. She also holds the Oceanian junior record (18.93 m) and the Oceanian youth record (17.54 m), as well as the World Championships record, World Indoor Championships record and Commonwealth Games record."
tagline: "New Zealand shot putter (1984-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valerie_Vili_Berlin_2009-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.328229922105829
  historical:           22.237688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  80
  category: 237
platforms:
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    handle:    "valerieadams84"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/valerieadamsNZ"
    handle:    "valerieadamsNZ"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Valerie Adams"
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    title: "Valerie Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Valerie Adams"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill