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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. New Zealand shot putter Dame Valerie Adams DNZM Adams after her victory at the 2009 World Championships Personal information Birth name Valerie Kasanita Adams Born (1984-10-06) 6 October 1984 (age 40) Rotorua, New Zealand Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) Weight 120 kg (265 lb) (2012) Sport ...
Dame Valerie Adams: More than Gold is a 2022 New Zealand documentary film, focusing on the life of Tongan-New Zealand Olympic shot putter Valerie Adams. Synopsis
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (2017, DBE, [15] [17] born 1986) Dame Valerie Adams (2017, DNZM, [18] born 1984) Dame Yvette Corlett Williams (2019, DNZM, [19] 1929–2019); Williams accepted the honour and it was made effective before she died. It was not appointed posthumously despite her death before formal investiture.
Two of his half-sisters are athletes: Dame Valerie Adams is a dual Olympic gold medallist and four-time world champion shot-putter [4] and Lisa Adams is a para athlete who has won gold at the Paralympics in shot-put. [5] His brothers, Warren and Sid Jr., had careers in the New Zealand National Basketball League.
Dame Valerie Adams DNZM: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: 31 December 2016: For services to athletics: 40 Sir Brian Roche KNZM: Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: 31 December 2016: For services to the State and business: 68–69 Sir David Williams KNZM KC: Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: 31 ...
Lisa Adams (born 18 November 1990) is a New Zealand Paralympic F37 shot putter and F38 discus thrower. [1] Adams competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, and won a gold medal in Women's shot put F37 , setting 4 Paralympics records in the process.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Feature Film "Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold", "Beyond Conversion" for TVNZ and "Fightback:Joseph Parker" for streaming platform DAZN. In 2020 Pooley directed two feature documentaries. "We Need To Talk About A.I." for Universal Pictures and GFC films and "The Girl on the Bridge" for Augusto Entertainment and the NZ Film Commission.