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Yvette Williams - Wikipedia 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
Yvette Williams - New Zealand History Yvette Williams was named New Zealand 'Sportsman of the Year' in 1950 and 1952 and was made an MBE in 1953 She was one of the first inductees into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 and in 2000 was voted Otago Sportsperson of the Century
Yvette Williams - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yvette Winifred Corlett CNZM MBE (née Williams, 25 April 1929 – 13 April 2019) was a New Zealand athlete She won the gold medal in the women's long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki This made her the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal
Yvette Williams our 1st female gold Olympian, 1952 This DigitalNZ story celebrates Yvette Williams becoming NZ's first female to win an Olympic gold medal on 23 July 1952 Yvette was born in Dunedin on 25 April 1929 and became a celebrated household name overnight at age 23
OBITUARY Yvette Williams CNZM MBE | Athletics New Zealand The first New Zealand woman to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games Yvette Corlett (nee Williams) of Auckland died on Saturday 13 April 2019 Pioneer and legendary in New Zealand sport Williams, who was just 12 days off her 90th birthday, won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games
Yvette Winefred WILLIAMS - Olympics. com Yvette Williams was one of the greatest athletes produced by New Zealand and one of the most versatile She won the long jump and was second in the javelin at the 1950 Empire Games in Auckland and two years later became the first female New Zealander to win an Olympic title when she won the long jump at the Games in Helsinki
Yvette Williams Biography - Pantheon Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (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
Yvette Williams - New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame At the Empire Games in 1954 in Vancouver, Williams won the shot put, discus and long jump and was sixth in the 80 metres hurdles Williams had also set a world record (6 28 metres) for the long jump earlier that year in Gisborne She also played basketball for New Zealand She was voted Otago Sportsperson of the Century in 2000