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Athletes Commission
The Athletes’ Commission, made up of current and recent high performance athletes, provides a mechanism for the views of high performance athletes to be heard, and helps to ensure athlete wellbeing is appropriately considered by Athletics New Zealand. The current Athletes’ Commission members: Quentin Rew (Chair), Dame Valerie Adams, Anna Grimaldi, Malcolm Hicks, Eliza McCartney, Lucy Oliver, Julia Ratcliffe, Tom Walsh.
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Profiles on the Athletes’ Commission members
Quentin Rew Chair
The most outstanding New Zealand male race walker of his generation boasts a proud international career spanning more than a decade.
A New Zealand record-holder for the 20km (1:21:12) and 50km (3:46:29) race walks, he most notably excelled in the latter event.
A five-time World Championship representative and three-time Olympian, Quentin’s highlights include a 12th place finish in the 50km race walk at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and a tenth place in the 50km race walk at the 2015 World Championships.
In 2018 he also finished fifth in the 20km race walk at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Dame Vlerie Adams
One of the all-time greats of New Zealand athletics, Dame Valerie enjoyed an unparalleled career of shot put success spanning more than 20 years.
A World U18 and U20 shot put gold medallist, the Auckland-based thrower later went on to enjoy a dazzling career as a senior athlete.
Dame Valerie won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal across five Olympic Games, and also claimed eight world titles (four indoor and four outdoor).
Across five Commonwealth Games she also won three gold and two silver medals. From 2006 to 2014 she was unbeaten across 107 competitions, and in 2014 was named Female World Athlete of the Year.
Dame Valerie holds the Oceania shot put record with 21.24m.