We are a class of Year 4 students. Our teacher is Mrs Waters and we are part of the Middle Syndicate at Sunnybrae Normal School in Hillcrest Auckland.

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Valerie Vili


Hi my name is Jazmin. My Olympic athlete is Valerie Vili.
Valerie Vili is a famous shotputter. Valerie was born on the 6 October 1984. She broke a 20 year Commonwealth record of 19.00m with a throw of 19.66m in 2000.

She won the world youth champs in 2001, her throw was 16.87m. In the 2005 world champs. Valerie won a bronze medal because her throw was 19.87m. In the 2004 first Olympics she finished 8th in shotputting. In the Commonwealth games she won a silver medal and her throw was 17.45m. In the 2002 junior champs Vili's throw was 17.73m. She came second in the world athletics final.
I think Valerie is a great shotputter and she's a role model for younger people. I'm definitely going to watch the Olympic games!

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