Valerie Isobel Marie Young OBE (née Sloper, born 10 August 1937) is a former athlete from New Zealand.

She competed at the 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1974 Commonwealth Games, and won seven medals in the shot put and discus throw.

[1] Young won the most gold medals (5) of any New Zealand competitor at the Commonwealth Games.

At the national level, she has won more New Zealand titles, 37, than any other athlete, including 18 in the discus and 17 in the shot put.

[3] In the 1987 New Year Honours, Young was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics.