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Valerie Adams

1984 - Today

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Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 metres (69.7 ft) outdoors and 20.98 metres (68.8 ft) indoors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerie Adams has received more than 1,399,313 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Adams is the 3,162nd most popular athlete (down from 2,056th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 135th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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  • 44.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valerie Adams ranks 3,162 out of 6,025. Before her are Artur Ayvazyan, Tereza Marinova, Kenth Eldebrink, Sui Xinmei, Edna Kiplagat, and Long Qingquan. After her are Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Pavol Hochschorner, Lucyna Langer, Ismail Musukaev, Jordi Sans, and Inna Lasovskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Valerie Adams ranks 472. Before her are Gabriel Enrique Gómez, Esperanza Spalding, Simone Padoin, Katharine McPhee, Chris Lowell, and Galina Voskoboeva. After her are Mimicat, Nayanthara, György Garics, Yael Grobglas, Xavier Margairaz, and Łukasz Szukała.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Valerie Adams ranks 163 out of 303. Before her are Jay Ryan (1981), Nick Willis (1983), Mark Paston (1976), Sonny Bill Williams (1985), Gina Bellman (1966), and Tony Shelly (1937). After her are Sarah McLeod (1971), José Reyes (null), Rhys Darby (1974), Fabiana (null), Chris Wood (1991), and Beauden Barrett (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Valerie Adams ranks 22. Before her are Harry Kerr (1879), Joe Earl (1952), Daniel López (null), Mark Todd (1956), Neroli Fairhall (1944), and Nick Willis (1983). After her are José Reyes (null), Fabiana (null), Chris Harris (null), Bevan Docherty (1977), Grant Bramwell (1961), and Lorraine Moller (1955).

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