My Valerie Adams Report

Valerie Adams Introduction Valerie Adams is a famous New Zealand Shot putter. She has broken many world records and won lots of gold medals. Valerie Adams was born on 6th of October 1984 in Rotorua, New Zealand. Her parents names are Lilika Ngauama and Sydney Adams. Lilika was a Tongan and Sydney was English born. Valerie Adams has several brothers and they are all above 7ft tall and one of them became a basketball player.She was married in 2004 to Bertrand Vili, a discus thrower from New Caledonia, but they were divorced in 2010. She belonged to the church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints. Valerie Adams went to a high school in Mangere. Her P.E. teacher noticed that she had strong forearms when she was thirteen. She was a great basketball player. When she was 15 years old her mother passed away before she won her first medal but when she won her first medal, she looked up into the sky and it reminded her how her mother really inspired her. She broke the world record for shot put in bare feet in the Junior Champions. She won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. In Jamaica she threw a shot put 17.73m. She won Silver at 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the Melbourne Games she threw the shot put 19.66m. At the Beijing Games she threw the shot put 20.50m. Her first coach was Kirsten Hellier. She was a well known javelin thrower. They met in 1998 and were together for 11 years. Her second coach was Didier Poppe. He was fired. In 2010 Jean Pierre Egger became her third coach and she has done very well under him. I really hope that Valerie Adams can work hard and make us proud and win gold at the 2012 Olympics.

My Jean Batten Report ~ Tevita

Jean Batten Report Introduction Jean Batten was a famous aviator that broke world records. Jean Batten was born in Rotorua, New Zealand on the 15th September 1909. Jean’ s mother was an actress while her father was a dentist. She was a pianist but thought playing the piano wasn’t right for her. She sold her piano to get her pilot's license. She borrowed 400 pounds from Victor Dore’e so she could buy her first aeroplane. She crashed her first plane and asked for more money but he said no but the oil company bought her one instead. One of her achievements was from England to New Zealand. In 1934 she flew from England to Australia in a time of 14 days, 22 hours and 30 minutes. In 1935 Jean Batten sold her Gypsy Moth and bought a Percival Gull Monoplane. In 1935 she flew from England to Brazil in a time of 61 hours and 40 minutes. While she was flying she found out that her fiance died and after a while she met a man who was a pilot too. There was a war that was happening and all of the soldiers were trying to shoot him but then he was captured by a bomb. Jean was very sad and upset over losing her fiance. She decided to have a holiday in Marjorca Spain. While she was taking a walk a dog jumped out and bit her leg. After a while it got infected and she suddenly died in her bed in a hotel in November 22 1982 . Her parents found out that she died five years later. Jean Batten broke many world records and has put New Zealand on the world map.