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Yvette Williams
Sign in to saveAlso known as Yvette Winifred Corlett, Yvette Corlett, Yvette Winefred Williams, Dame Yvette Corlett, Mrs Yvette Winifred Corlett, Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett
New Zealand athlete
Key facts
- Born
- Yvette Winifred Williams , ( 1929-04-25 ) 25 April 1929, Dunedin , New Zealand
- Died
- 13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) (aged 89), Auckland , New Zealand
- Height
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Spouse
- Charles Armistice Corlett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ; died 2015 )
- Relative
- Roy Williams (brother)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Sport
- Track and field
- Coached by
- Jim Bellwood
- National finals
- Long jump champion (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954), Shot put champion (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954), Discus champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954), Javelin champion (1950), 80 m hurdles champion (1954)
- Personal best s
- 200 m – 25.0 (1951), LJ – 6.28 m (1954), SP – 13.96 m (1954), DT – 47.85 m (1954)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yvette
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Dunedin
- Place of death
- Auckland
- Participant in
- 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- New Zealand
- Mass
- 65
- Image
- Yvette Williams 1954b.jpg
- Height
- 176
- Residence
- Auckland
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- date of birth
- 1929-04-25
- Commons category
- Yvette Williams
- date of death
- 2019-04-13
- record held
- Women's long jump world record progression
- sports discipline competed in
- long jump
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett DNZM MBE (née Williams; 25 April 1929 – 13 April 2019) was a New Zealand track-and-field athlete who was the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal and to hold the world record in the women's long jump. Williams was named "Athlete of the Century" on the 100th anniversary of Athletics New Zealand, in 1987.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yvette Williams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.