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 Corlett | New Zealand Olympic Team
Yvette Williams was New Zealand’s first ever female Olympic gold medal winner and is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s greatest ever athletes. In 1952, Williams dramatically won gold in the long jump at the Helsinki Olympic Games.
"I knew I would be able to break it" – 70 years since Williams leapt ...
2024年2月20日 · It is 70 years since Yvette Williams exploded off the take-off board and landed herself in track and field’s world record book
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.
Olympic long jump champion Yvette Williams dead at 89
2019年4月14日 · Yvette Williams, who was New Zealand's first female Olympic gold medalist and holder of the world long jump record, has died aged 89.
Beloved Olympian Dame Yvette Williams lasting legacy - Now to …
2022年6月4日 · It coincides with the 70th anniversary of Dame Yvette Williams becoming the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal – a feat not repeated until windsurfer Barbara Kendall won gold 40 years later.
Yvette Williams - Olympedia
2019年4月13日 · 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.
1952, Yvette Williams: Leap into history - NZ Herald
At the Olympic Games in Helsinki Yvette Williams - now Corlett - set a high standard when she became the first of many New Zealand women to win a gold medal.
DAME YVETTE WILLIAMS — Our Wāhine | 125 Extraordinary New …
She was first NZ woman Olympic medallist and the first New Zealander to win a medal in an Olympic field event. During her stellar career she held the world long jump record for 18 months and won 21 national titles in shotput, long jump, discus, hurdles and javelin and has inspired generations of NZ women athletes.
Yvette Williams (@yvettetalks) • Instagram photos and videos
3,568 Followers, 3,627 Following, 3,237 Posts - Yvette Williams (@yvettetalks) on Instagram: "Uniquely original. Creatively me.🍐 Owner of TAKING WRISTS handcrafted jewelry💍 Follow👉 @takingwrists #yvettetalks"