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Yvette Williams

New Zealand athlete

  • Fame50.7
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia443
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Lived 1929–2019, aged 90New Zealand
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    28 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1929–2019
    Aged 90
  • Awards
    3
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-20

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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  • Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎
  • Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
  • Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Source confidence60.0
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