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Valarie Allman

Women's Discus: Gold

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 2/23/1995
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Newark, DE
  • High School: Silver Creek High School (Longmont, CO)
  • College: Stanford University ‘17, Product Design

Athlete Info

  • Event: Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Zebulon Sion
  • Agent: Andy Stubbs
  • Sponsor: Asics

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World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 IAAF World Championships, Seventh (discus)
  • 2017 IAAF World Championships, Q2 - 14th (discus)
  • 2014 IAAF World U20 Championships, silver (discus)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (discus)
  • 2019 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (discus)
  • 2018 NACAC Championships, silver (discus)
  • 2018 NCAA Championships, bronze (discus), eighth (hammer)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (discus)
  • 2017 World University Games, silver (discus)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, sixth (discus)
  • 2016 NCAA Championships, bronze (discus), 11th (hammer)
  • 2015 NCAA Championships, fifth (discus)
  • 2014 NCAA Championships,  21st (discus)

Personal

Daughter of David and Lisa Allman…Has an older brother, Kevin…An accomplished dancer, she took up track as a freshman as a jumper and sprinter…Involved in Soles 4 Souls, which distributes used shoes to those in underdeveloped countries...Allman broke the discus American record August 1, 2020...Added almost a meter to the previous American record of 69.17m/226-11 set in 2014 by Gia Lewis-Smallwood, throwing 70.15m/230-2 on her first attempt.

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