Val Roberts
{{short description|Australian gymnast}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
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|birth_place= Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
|death_date={{death date and age|2008|08|23|1938|07|10}}
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| height = {{convert|1.57|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|61|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Artistic gymnastics
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Valerie Lois "Val" Roberts (10 July 1938 – 23 August 2008) was an Australian gymnast. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in 10th place with the Australian team in 1964. Her best individual result was 66th place on the balance beam in 1964. Her younger sister Jean Roberts was an Olympic discus thrower."Australian Women at the 1956 Olympic Games" url=http://waghistory.gymnastics.org.au/val_roberts.html access-date=7 November 2015
Personal life
Val married Ray Beitzel, a chemical engineer, and had two children: Matthew, and Felice.
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Category:Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Australia
Category:Sportspeople from Ballarat
Category:Australian female artistic gymnasts
Category:21st-century Australian women
Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen
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