# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valerie-young
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:27:56.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valerie-young"
name: "Valerie Young"
slug: "valerie-young"
description: "Valerie Isobel Marie Young is a former athlete from New Zealand. She competed at the 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1974 Commonwealth Games, and won seven medals in the shot put and discus throw. She retired after the 1966 games to have a family, but went back into training when the 1974 Games were allocated to Christchurch. She also competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics, and went to the 1976 and 1984 games as an official (chaperone). She placed fourth in the shot put in 1960 and 1964, and fifth in 1956."
tagline: "New Zealand shot putter and discus thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valerie_Young_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.206300000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%93%A6%E8%8E%B1%E4%B8%BD%C2%B7%E6%89%AC"
    title: "瓦莱丽·扬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "فاليري يونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "فاليرى يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Young"
    title: "Valerie Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Young"
    title: "Valerie Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Young"
    title: "Valerie Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Young"
    title: "Valerie Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Young"
    title: "Valerie Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7911365"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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