Yvette Williams
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Yvette Winifred Williams, CNZM, MBE (later Yvette Corlett, born 25 April 1929) is a retired athlete from New Zealand, the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal. She won her Olympic gold medal in the Long Jump event in 1952 held at Helsinki.
Williams was inducted into the New Zealand Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2000 she was voted Otago Sportsperson of the Century.
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- Yvette Williams listing at NZ Hall of Fame
- Photo of Yvette Williams jumping, 1954
- Article (with video) on Yvette Williams
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Categories:
- 1929 births
- Living people
- People from the Otago Region
- New Zealand athletes
- New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- New Zealand long jumpers
- New Zealand shot putters
- New Zealand discus throwers
- New Zealand javelin throwers
- Long jumpers
- Shot putters
- Discus throwers
- Javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes of New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
