Men's Shot Put: Tomasz Majewski
Women's Shot Put: Valerie Vili
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Australian athletes have won one medal in shot put and one medal in discus. Shot Put: Gael Mulhall-Martin won bronze at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Discus: Daniela Costian won bronze at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no. Only one American woman has won an Olympic medal in shot put, that being Earlene Brown who won bronze at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome.
Valerie Vili has competed in 2 Olympic Games. She finished 8th in women's shot put at the 2004 Games in Athens and won the gold medal in women's shot put at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, Tomasz Majewski of Poland won gold in men's shot put with a put of 21.51 meters (70 feet, 6 3/4 inches) and Valerie Vili of New Zealand won gold in women's shot put with a put of 20.56 meters (67 feet, 5 1/2 inches).
Valerie Vili did not win a medal at the 2004 Games in Athens, finishing 8th in shot put. However, she did win the gold medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing in shot put. She has also won gold medals at the World Championships (2007), Commonwealth Games (2006), and World Cup (2006).
Dylan Armstrong (Men's) and Valerie Adams (Women's) won the Shot Put Gold Medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
{| ! style="background-color: rgb(176, 196, 222)" colspan="3" | Valerie Vili Medal record |} {| ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games |} Gold 2008 Beijing Shot put {| ! colspan="3" | World Championships |} Gold 2007 Osaka Shot putBronze 2005 Helsinki Shot put {| ! colspan="3" | World Indoor Championships |} Gold 2008 Valencia Shot put {| ! colspan="3" | Commonwealth Games |} Gold 2006 Melbourne Shot putSilver 2002 Manchester Shot put
Robert Garrett of the United States.
Valeri Villi is a New Zealand Athlete who has just won the Gold Medal for Shot Put at the Beijing Olympics, 2008.
The defending champions for the Shot Put at the Commonwealth Games are O'Dayne Richards (Jamaica, Men's) and Valerie Adams (New Zealand, Women's). The duo won the Championships at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland.
New Zealand won 3 gold medals at Beijing in 2008 * Womens double sculls * Womens shot put * mens sailboard
Myrtle Augee (England) won the Women's Shot Put at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games with a throw of 18.48 metres.She has medalled in the Women's Shot Put at four consecutive Commonwealth Games;1986-bronze, 1990-gold, 1994-silver and 1998-silver.