2023 Women’s Discus World Rankings

Valarie Allman got her summer started right with a win at the Florence DL. (JIRO MOCHIZUKI/IMAGE OF SPORT)

LAST YEAR VALARIE ALLMAN became the first American woman to earn a pair of No. 1s here. Now she’s the first with a trio of leaderships. As in ’22, she lost the WC, but was dominant enough overall to be an easy No. 1. Her 110 points vaulted her over Aretha Thurmond as the event’s highest-scoring American ever…

SURPRISE BUDAPEST WINNER Lagi Tausaga came out of nowhere to grab gold, but her overall season couldn’t compare to Bin Feng’s overall campaign. Her 3 coupled with Allman’s 1 represents the best finish by a pair of Americans ever…

THE No. 4 POSITION went to the event’s all-time scoring leader, Sandra Perković, making her 13th appearance.

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1. VALARIE ALLMAN (US) (2/23/95, 6-0/154) (1.83/70)
67.90 | 222-9 1)Texas R 4/01
70.25 | 230-5 1)La Jolla 4/07
68.20 | 223-9 1)Texas Inv 4/29
68.39 | 224-4 1)Los Angeles CT 5/26
65.96 | 216-5 1)Florence DL 6/02
69.04 | 226-6 1)Paris DL 6/09
66.18 | 217-1 2)Oslo DL 6/15 1. van Klinken
3f )Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Perkovic; 2. van Klinken; 3. Pudenz; 4. Vita; 5. Craft;
6. Robert-Michon; 7. Ljungberg; 8. Lindfors; 9. Sralla
67.66 | 222-0 1)USATF 7/09
69.23 | 227-1 2)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga
(67.14q)
68.62 | 225-1 1)Thum 9/01
70.47 | 231-2 1)Berlin 9/03
69.09 | 226-8 1)Bellinzona 9/04
68.66 | 225-3 1)Eugene DL 9/17
2. BIN FENG (China) (4/3/94, 6-½/209) (1.84/95)
65.29 | 214-2 1)Chengdu 4/04
(64.15q)
66.15 | 217-0 1)Rizhao 4/27
66.70 | 218-10 1)Halle 5/20
65.91 | 216-3 2)Florence DL 6/02 1. Allman
66.81 | 219-2 1)WC Tr 6/27
66.42 | 217-11 1)Asian Ch 7/14
68.20 | 223-9 3)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga; 2. Allman
(65.68q)
67.41 | 221-2 1)Xiamen DL 9/02
67.93 | 222-10 1)Asian G 10/01
3. LAGI TAUSAGA (US) (5/22/98, 5-9¾/196) (1.77/89)
63.92 | 209-8 4)La Jolla 4/07 1. Allman; 2. van Klinken
60.43 | 198-3 2)Long Beach 4/13 1. Lally
62.74 | 205-10 2)Mt SAC R 4/15 1. van Klinken
60.37 | 198-0 2)USATF Throws 5/20 1. Perez
60.34 | 197-11 3)Los Angeles CT 5/26 1. Allman; 2. Perez
59.84 | 196-4 1)Chula Vista 5/28
55.34 | 181-7 9)Florence DL 6/02 1. Allman; 2. Feng; 3. Craft; 4. Ca; 5. Robert-Michon;
6. van Klinken; 7. Osakue; 8. da Silva
62.62 | 205-5 4)Paris DL 6/09 1. Allman; 2. Perkovic; 3. Pudenz
58.65 | 192-5 1)Chula Vista 6/18
56.61 | 185-8 5)NYC GP 6/24 1. Perez; 2. Fraley; 3. Anumba; 4. Hazlewood
65.46 | 214-9 2)USATF 7/09 1. Allman
69.49 | 228-0 1)World Ch 8/22
(64.34q)
64.31 | 211-0 3)Xiamen DL 9/02 1. Feng; 2. Perkovic
68.36 | 224-3 2)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Allman
4. SANDRA PERKOVIĆ (Croatia) (6/21/90, 6-0/187) (1.83/85)
65.18 | 213-10 2)Paris DL 6/09 1. Allman
65.26 | 214-1 3)Oslo DL 6/15 1. van Klinken; 2. Allman
64.49 | 211-7 1)Stockholm DL 7/02
66.57 | 218-5 5)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga; 2. Allman; 3. Feng; 4. van Klinken
(65.62q)
67.32 | 220-10 2)Xiamen DL 9/02 1. Feng
67.71 | 222-1 1)Zagreb CT 9/10
66.85 | 219-4 3)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Allman; 2. Tausaga
5. JORINDE VAN KLINKEN (Netherlands) (2/2/00, 5-10¾/187) (1.80/85)
67.05 | 219-11 2)La Jolla 4/07 1. Allman
64.45 | 211-5 1)Mt SAC R 4/15
59.76 | 196-1 1)Tucson 4/29
63.05 | 206-10 1)Pac-12 5/14
62.13 | 203-10 6)Florence DL 6/02 1. Allman; 2. Feng; 3. Craft; 4. Ca; 5. Robert-Michon
65.55 | 215-0 1)NCAA 6/10
(62.76q)
66.77 | 219-0 1)Oslo DL 6/15
62.96 | 206-7 2)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Perkovic
64.62 | 212-0 1)Neth Ch 7/29
67.20 | 220-6 4)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga; 2. Allman; 3. Feng
(63.20q)
64.11 | 210-4 3)Berlin 9/03 1. Allman; 2. Pudenz
64.15 | 210-5 2)Bellinzona 9/04 1. Allman
66.03 | 216-7 4)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Allman; 2. Tausaga; 3. Perkovic
6. KRISTIN PUDENZ (Germany) (2/9/93, 5-10¾/203) (1.80/92)
63.24 | 207-6i 2)Berlin 2/10 1. Craft
66.34 | 217-8 2)Halle 5/20 1. Feng
63.40 | 208-0 2)Magdeburg 5/25 1. Vita
65.01 | 213-3 2)Schönebeck 6/02 1. Vita
63.40 | 208-0 3)Neubrandenburg 6/07 1. Craft; 2. Vita
62.87 | 206-3 3)Paris DL 6/09 1. Allman; 2. Perkovic
62.82 | 206-1 5)Oslo DL 6/15 1. van Klinken; 2. Allman; 3. Perkovic; 4. Vita
66.84 | 219-3 1)Euro Teams 6/23
62.33 | 204-6 3)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Perkovic; 2. van Klinken
65.98 | 216-6 1)Ger Ch 7/08
65.96 | 216-5 6)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga; 2. Allman; 3. Feng; 4. van Klinken; 5. Perkovic
(62.71q)
64.90 | 212-11 2)Berlin 9/03 1. Allman
62.96 | 206-7 5)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Allman; 2. Tausaga; 3. Perkovic; 4. van Klinken
7. SHANICE CRAFT (Germany) (5/15/93, 6-¾/132) (1.85/60)
62.25 | 204-2 1)Halle 1/14
62.48 | 205-0 1)Chemnitz 2/04
65.23 | 214-0i 1)Berlin 2/10
63.27 | 207-7 1)Halle 2/25
64.88 | 212-10 1)Leiria 3/12
65.89 | 216-2 3)Halle 5/20 1. Feng; 2. Pudenz
60.69 | 199-1 2)Andújar 5/26 1. de Morais
64.47 | 211-6 3)Florence DL 6/02 1. Allman; 2. Feng
66.73 | 218-11 1)Neubrandenburg 6/07
60.73 | 199-3 7)Oslo DL 6/15 1. van Klinken; 2. Allman; 3. Perkovic; 4. Vita; 5. Pudenz;
6. Ca
61.01 | 200-2 5)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Perkovic; 2. van Klinken; 3. Pudenz; 4. Vita
64.05 | 210-1 2)Ger Ch 7/08 1. Pudenz
60.93 | 199-11 1)Malmö 8/05
65.47 | 214-9 7)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga; 2. Allman; 3. Feng; 4. van Klinken; 5. Perkovic;
6. Pudenz
(63.42q)
61.71 | 202-5 5)Berlin 9/03 1. Allman; 2. Pudenz; 3. van Klinken; 4. Tolj
62.23 | 204-2 5)Zagreb CT 9/10 1. Perkovic; 2. Osakue; 3. Tolj; 4. Ca
8. LILIANA CÁ (Portugal) (11/5/86, 6-½/205) (1.84/93)
63.23 | 207-5 1)Lisbon 2/05
60.51 | 198-6i 3)Berlin 2/10 1. Craft; 2. Pudenz
62.11 | 203-9 1)Vagos 2/25
64.32 | 211-0 2)Leiria 3/12 1. Flatum; 1. Craft
63.05 | 206-10 1)Lisbon 5/20
58.61 | 192-3 7)Montreuil 5/31 1. Robert-Michon; 2. da Silva; 3. Morales; 4. Pedersen; 5. Zabawska;
6. Ngandu-Ntumba
63.69 | 208-11 4)Florence DL 6/02 1. Allman; 2. Feng; 3. Craft
3f )Paris DL 6/09 1. Allman; 2. Perkovic; 3. Pudenz; 4. Tausaga; 5. Robert-Michon;
6. Vita; 7. Osakue; 8. Ngandu-Ntumba
61.47 | 201-8 6)Oslo DL 6/15 1. van Klinken; 2. Allman; 3. Perkovic; 4. Vita; 5. Pudenz
63.21 | 207-4 4)Euro Teams 6/23 1. Pudenz; 2. Osakue; 3. Robert-Michon
60.11 | 197-2 1)Montgeron 7/05
63.26 | 207-6 2)Sotteville-lès-Rouen 7/07 1. Osakue
62.21 | 204-1 1)Maia 7/08
58.07 | 190-6 1)Viana do Castelo 7/23
63.16 | 207-3 1)Por Ch 7/29
61.71 | 202-5 1)Leiria 8/05
61.86 | 202-11 2)Leiria 8/06 1. Caballero
63.59 | 208-7 8)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga; 2. Allman; 3. Feng; 4. van Klinken; 5. Perkovic;
6. Pudenz; 7. Craft
(63.34q)
62.21 | 204-1 5)Xiamen DL 9/02 1. Feng; 2. Perkovic; 3. Tausaga; 4. da Silva
61.43 | 201-6 4)Bellinzona 9/04 1. Allman; 2. van Klinken; 3. Caballero
62.60 | 205-4 4)Zagreb CT 9/10 1. Perkovic; 2. Osakue; 3. Tolj
9. CLAUDINE VITA (Germany) (9/19/96, 5-10½/179) (1.79/81)
59.20 | 194-3i 4)Berlin 2/10 1. Craft; 2. Pudenz; 3. Ca
62.14 | 203-10 5)Halle 5/20 1. Feng; 2. Pudenz; 3. Craft; 4. Steinacker
63.87 | 209-6 1)Magdeburg 5/25
65.51 | 214-11 1)Schönebeck 6/02
63.43 | 208-1 2)Neubrandenburg 6/07 1. Craft
61.78 | 202-8 6)Paris DL 6/09 1. Allman; 2. Perkovic; 3. Pudenz; 4. Tausaga; 5. Robert-Michon
62.96 | 206-7 4)Oslo DL 6/15 1. van Klinken; 2. Allman; 3. Perkovic
64.95 | 213-1 1)Neubrandenburg 6/21
61.51 | 201-9 4)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Perkovic; 2. van Klinken; 3. Pudenz
62.39 | 204-8 4)Ger Ch 7/08 1. Pudenz; 2. Craft; 3. Steinacker
64.05 | 210-1 1)Leverkusen 7/29
66.36 | 217-8 1)Schifflange 7/30
63.19 | 207-3 10)World Ch 8/22 1. Tausaga; 2. Allman; 3. Feng; 4. van Klinken; 5. Perkovic;
6. Pudenz; 7. Craft; 8. Ca; 9. Robert-Michon
(64.51q)
61.76 | 202-7 6)Xiamen DL 9/02 1. Feng; 2. Perkovic; 3. Tausaga; 4. da Silva; 5. Ca
61.51 | 201-9 6)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Allman; 2. Tausaga; 3. Perkovic; 4. van Klinken; 5. Pudenz
10. YAIMÉ PÉREZ (Cuba) (5/29/91, 5-7¾/176) (1.72/80)
66.97 | 219-8 3)La Jolla 4/07 1. Allman; 2. van Klinken
63.45 | 208-2 1)College Park 5/05
65.88 | 216-2 1)USATF Throws 5/20
63.93 | 209-9 2)Los Angeles CT 5/26 1. Allman
67.44 | 221-3 1)NYC GP 6/24
61.78 | 202-8 1)Fleetwood 8/11

U.S. RANKINGS
1. *Valerie Allman (Asics/New York AC) 6. Shelby Frank (Minnesota)
1)USATF, 2)World Ch, 1)Eugene DL 4)Tucson Elite I, 2)Iron Wood Inv, 5)USATF
2. *Lagi Tausaga (Chula Vista Elite) 7. Corinne Jemison (Michigan)
2)USATF, 1)World Ch, 2)Eugene DL 10)Mt SAC R, 1)Big 10, 6)USATF
3. Elena Bruckner (unattached) 8. Gabi McDonald (Colorado State)
3)Mt SAC R, 3)USATF, nq)World Ch 1)Mtn West, 7)NCAA, 14)USATF
4. Veronica Fraley (Vanderbilt) 9. Jade Whitfield (Oregon State)
17)NCAA 4)USATF, nq)World Ch 2)Texas R, 2)Pac-12, 8)NCAA
5. Micaela Hazlewood (Velaasa) 10. Malin Smith (Texas Tech)
2)Owens Cl, 2)Tucson Elite I, 7)USATF 1)Big 12, nm)NCAA West, 8)USATF

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