Valerie Lawrence

{{short description|Australian shot putter}}

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| nationality = Australian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Shot put
Discus

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|8|5|df=yes}}

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Valerie Dawn Lawrence (born 5 August 1936) is an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/valerie-lawrence-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/valerie-lawrence-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Valerie Lawrence Olympic Results |access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Valerie Melville|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/valerie-melville/|access-date=6 June 2021|website=Australian Olympic Committee|language=en-AU}}