Valarie Allman

Valarie Allman

Allman in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1995-02-23) February 23, 1995 (age 26) Newark, Delaware, United States[1][2]
Education	Stanford University[3]
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Discus throw
College team	Stanford Cardinal
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Discus throw NACAC Championships in Athletics 2018 Toronto Discus World Junior Championships in Athletics 2014 Eugene Discus Universiade 2017 Taipei Discus

Valarie Carolyn Allman (born February 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw.^[4] She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career[]

Allman was a seven time All-American at Stanford University. She went on to represent her country at the 2017 Summer Universiade, where she won a silver medal, and the 2017 World Championships, where she did not qualify for the final. She was the 2018 National Champion.^[5] Also, she earned bronze at the 2018 Athletics World Cup and silver at the 2018 NACAC Championships.

Allman's personal best in the event is 71.16 m (233 ft 5+1⁄2 in), set at the ISTAF Berlin on 12 September 2021.^[6] She now resides in Austin, Texas, and trains under Coach Zebulon Sion at the University of Texas, where she is a volunteer assistant. She is sponsored by Oiselle, as well as the New York Athletic Club.

Personal life[]

Allman was born at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.^[1][2] Allman graduated from Silver Creek High School, in Longmont, Colorado, in 2013.^[7] She graduated in 2017 at Stanford University with a B.S. in product design and is currently on an absence leave from her master's program in communications at Stanford to train full-time.

International competitions[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  United States
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	2nd	Discus throw	56.75 m (186 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	5th	Discus throw	55.68 m (182 ft 8 in)
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	28th (q)	Discus throw	53.85 m (176 ft 8 in)
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd	Discus throw	58.36 m (191 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
2018	2018 Athletics World Cup	London, United Kingdom	3rd	Discus throw	61.10 m (200 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	Discus throw	59.67 m (195 ft 9 in)
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	Discus throw	61.82 m (202 ft 10 in)
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Discus throw	68.98 m (226 ft 4 in)

References[]

External links[]

• Valarie Allman at World Athletics
• Valarie Allman at Olympics.com
• Valarie Allman at Olympedia
• Valarie Allman at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

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