Valérie Hanicque  Valerie Hanicque (born 16 February 1964, at Cambrai) is a former French athlete, who specialised in the shot put and the discus throw. She won the French national title in the shot put (15.84 m) and the discus (55.22 m) at the . Selected eleven times for France national athletic teams, her personal best is 16.68 m in the Shot Put (1989) 57.56 m in the discus (1989) and 47.40 meters in the hammer throw.