Birthday: February 23rd, 1995

Hometown: Longmont, CO

College: Stanford University, Bachelor’s in Product Design ’17

US champion, 2018. Seventh place, 2019 world championships. Seven-time All-American at Stanford University. Winner, 2021 US Olympic Trials, Eugene, OR.

Tokyo will be Valarie’s first Olympic Games. In 2020, she set the American record, of 70.15m/230’ 2”. Valarie currently trains under Coach Zebulon Sion of the University of Texas and lives in Austin, TX. Prior to beginning track and field as a freshman in high school, she was a competitive dancer.

Valarie secured a gold medal in the women’s discus competition of the Tokyo Games, with a mark of 68.98m/226’ 4”.