Valarie Carolyn Allman-Sion (born February 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw. She is a two time Olympic champion, having won the gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics. Allman won the gold medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships held in Tokyo.
She also won bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, making her the first American woman to win a world championship medal in the discus throw, and later a silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. She is the North American record holder for the event.
Personal life Allman was born in Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware and raised in Hershey, Pennsylvania. 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. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 Athletics World Cup and silver at the 2018 NACAC Championships. She won a gold medal at the 2021 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. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she won a gold medal.
Allman's personal best in the discus event is , set at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational in Ramona, OK on April 12, 2025. This was the 10th longest woman's throw in history trailing throws by only five other women, extends her American record, and reclaims the North American record.
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 – (Ramona 2025) North American record
International competitions
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States2ndDiscus2015UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea5thDiscus2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom28th (q)DiscusUniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan2ndDiscus2018World CupLondon, United Kingdom3rdDiscusNACAC ChampionshipsToronto, Canada2ndDiscus2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7thDiscus2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan1stDiscus2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States3rdDiscus2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndDiscus2024Olympic GamesParis, France1stDiscus2025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan1stDiscus
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