In 776 BC, Koroibos won the first Track and Field gold medal.
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{| ! 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
Gold Meadle WinnersMeadle is a small humble settlement in Buckinghamshire, England (lacking stores/restaurants, and even places of worship) To the best of my knowledge Olympic Winners do not win Meadle or even get a deed to partial ownership of Meadle, let alone a golden Meadle; but sometimes they get to have their faces put on a box of Wheaties.Michael Phelps with 18 won the most Olympic Gold Medals
Yvette Williams participated in one Olympics, the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, and competed in long jump, shot put, and discus. She won gold in long jump, finished 6th in shot put, and finished 10th in discus.
Valerie Villi was born in Rotorua and is of Tongan descent. She was the world youth shot-put champion in 2001. In 2002, she scored a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games as the world junior champion. In the 2005 World Championships, she scored a bronze medal. In 2006, she won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games and came in second in the World Athletic Final.
Between 1952-1980, woman's shot put at the Olympics was dominated by Eastern Bloc countries. Gold medalists came from USSR (5), East Germany (2), and Bulgaria (1). Those three countries were among the 14 that boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics. The best in the world of women's shot put did not participate in these Games and, consequently, competition suffered.