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MY WORLD - VALERIE ADAMS
Valerie Adams first threw her Shot Put at the age of 14 and now she is the Queen - check out how Valerie Adams got to where she is now!
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Now at the age of 37 she is officially "hanging up these size 14 throwing shoes".
Adams, who also won 3 Gold and 2 Silver shot put medals across 5 Commonwealth Games, was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2017 New Years Honours.
She was named the Supreme award winner at the Halberg Awards for 3 consecutive years from 2007 and won the same awards' Sportswoman of the Year accolade for 7 consecutive years from 2006.
In addition to her 2 Olympic gold medals, Adams claimed an Olympic silver in Rio in 2016 and a Bronze in Tokyo last year.
She was also the New Zealand team's flagbearer for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games - a moment she said at the time meant a lot to her and her family.
Watch her announcement via One News:
"One day when my children Kimoana and Kepaleli understand what their mum does I hope they will be just as proud of this significant moment too," she said.
Following her showing in Tokyo, Adams said she hoped she could show other mums what was possible.
"I hope to continue to inspire female athletes all around the world that if you want to have a kid and you want to come back and be at the top of the world, you can, you can absolutely do that and today's a testament to that."