Dylan Armstrong (Men's) and Valerie Adams (Women's) won the Shot Put Gold Medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Valerie Adams won the Shot Put at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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.
Valerie Adams (nee Vili) has competed at four Commonwealth Games from 2002 to 2014. She has won a medal at all four Commonwealth Games in the Shot Put: 2002 (silver), 2006 (gold), 2010 (gold) and 2014 (gold).
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.
Valerie won the Gold Medal in Shot Put at the 2014 Comonwealth Games.
Valerie Vili has won one Olympic medal, that being gold in the 2008 Games in women's shot put. She also won gold, in women's shot put, in the 2008 World Indoor Championships, 2007 World Championships, and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The events that make up the Commonwealth Games Decathlon (excluding the discus) are 100m Sprint, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400m Sprint, 110m Hurdles, Pole Vault, Javelin Throw and 1500m.
{| ! 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
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).
At the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, New Zealand took home six Gold Medals (Alison Shanks-Women's Individual Pursuit, Valerie Adams-Women's Shot Put, Men's Sevens Rugby, Jaclyn Hawkes and Joelle King-Women's Squash Doubles, and, Mike Collings and John Snowden-Full Bore Rifle.
At the Olympic Games, women's shot put debuted at the 1948 Games in London.
Men's Shot Put: Tomasz Majewski Women's Shot Put: Valerie Vili