SHE’S done it again –Valerie Vili has been crowned the highest achieving sportsperson in New Zealand.
The Olympic and world shot-put champion from Pakuranga claimed the supreme award and sportswoman of the year prize at the glitzy 2009 Westpac Halberg Awards in Auckland on Thursday night.
“It has been a fantastic night for athletics with [former running greats] Allison Roe and Barry Magee being inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame,” said Vili, who is also a physical education instructor at Macleans College in Bucklands Beach.
“It was all about rowing and athletics, so I’m happy to come out on top and support our sport and also take away that trophy.”
