Valarie Carolyn Allman (born February 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Allman earned bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, which made her the first American woman to win a world championship medal in the discus throw and later added a silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. She is the North American record holder for the event.
Personal life
Valarie Allman was born at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. She graduated from Silver Creek High School, in Longmont, Colorado in 2013. She then graduated from Stanford University in 2017 with a B.S. in product design.
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. Also, she earned bronze at the 2018 Athletics World Cup and silver at the 2018 NACAC Championships. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze medal, which made her the first American woman to win a world championship medal in the discus throw.
Allman's personal best in the discus event is , set at the Triton Invitational in La Jolla on 8 April 2022. This was the 15th longest throw in history and the longest in almost 30 years.
She now resides in Austin, Texas, and trains under Coach Zebulon Sion at the University of Texas, where she is a volunteer assistant. She was sponsored by Oiselle through 2020, as well as the New York Athletic Club. She is currently sponsored by Asics.
Achievements
Personal bests
Discus throw – (San Diego, CA 2022) North American record
International competitions
References
External links
1995 births
Living people
People from Newark, Delaware
Sportspeople from New Castle County, Delaware
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 21st-century American women 21st-century American people World Athletics Championships medalists