Yvette Williams

Dame Yvette Corlett

DNZM MBE

Williams in 1954
Personal information
Birth name	Yvette Winifred Williams
Born	(1929-04-25)25 April 1929 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	13 April 2019(2019-04-13) (aged 89) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1][2]
Spouse	Charles Armistice Corlett ​ ​ (m. 1954; died 2015)​
Relative	Roy Williams (brother)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Track and field
Coached by	Jim Bellwood
Retired	1954
Achievements and titles
National finals	Long jump champion (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) Shot put champion (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) Discus champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) Javelin champion (1950) 80 m hurdles champion (1954)
Personal best(s)	200 m – 25.0 (1951) LJ – 6.28 m (1954) SP – 13.96 m (1954) DT – 47.85 m (1954)[1][3]
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Long jump Commonwealth Games 1950 Auckland Long jump 1954 Vancouver Long jump 1954 Vancouver Discus throw 1954 Vancouver Shot put 1950 Auckland Javelin throw

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. Williams was named "Athlete of the Century" on the 100th anniversary of Athletics New Zealand, in 1987.^[1]