Yvette Williams

New Zealand athlete · New Zealand · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1929 to 2019 · aged 89

Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett 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.

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2019Died13 April 2019Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward2010Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward1953Member of the Order of the British EmpireAward1929Born25 April 1929

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