Valarie Allman
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Born | Newark, Delaware, United States[1][2] | February 23, 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Stanford University[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 155 lb (70 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 |
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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[]
- ^ a b Dragon, Tyler (August 2, 2021). "Delaware-born Valarie Allman takes unusual path to becoming Olympic gold-medalist in discus". The News Journal. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "Valarie Allman - Track & Field". Stanford University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- ^ 2017 Universiade bio
- ^ Valarie Allman at World Athletics
- ^ "USA Track & Field - Results".
- ^ "IAAF Valarie Allman profile". IAAF. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Boulder Daily Camera". enewspaper.dailycamera.com.
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
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Newark, Delaware
- Sportspeople from the Delaware Valley
- Track and field athletes from Delaware
- American female discus throwers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- Stanford Cardinal women's track and field athletes
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade silver medalists for the United States
- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Diamond League winners
- American discus thrower stubs