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Birth name | Kirsten Louise Smith | ||||||||||||||
Born | Tokoroa, New Zealand | 6 October 1969||||||||||||||
Relative | Lionel Smith (father) | ||||||||||||||
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Kirsten Louise Hellier ONZM (née Smith; born 6 October 1969 in Tokoroa) is a former javelin thrower, who represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth and the Olympic Games. She set her personal best (62.52 metres) in 1994 with the old javelin type. Hellier was the coach of World Champion shot putter Valerie Adams from 1998 until 2010.[1]