Valerie Lafon-Gotay (born November 5, 1973, in San Diego, California) is a former judoka from the United States.

Unfortunately, after working hard to lose some kilos to make her weight category, she became extremely sick with uncontrollable and violent muscle contractions which forced her to withdraw from the competition.

"[2] She was invited to compete in the British Open and in 2007 was part of the United States team at the Pan American Games.

[3] At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she was eliminated in the second round by Isabel Fernández from Spain.

With three minutes left, she got a second chance, because the Kazakh judoka scored only wazaari, rather than ippon.