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Yvette Williams

1929 - 2019

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Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yvette Williams is the 834th most popular athlete (up from 1,114th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 64th in 2019) and the 5th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yvette Williams ranks 834 out of 6,025. Before her are Paul Martin, Gösta Andersson, Antero Kivi, Émile Mercier, Hans Haas, and Annette Rogers. After her are André Gaboriaud, Dagmar Käsling, Bernd Cullmann, Nino Bibbia, Jules De Bisschop, and Pekka Vasala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yvette Williams ranks 363. Before her are Terry Moore, Bazilio Olara-Okello, Nusrat Bhutto, Larry Collins, John Julius Norwich, and Tommy Banks. After her are Chi Haotian, Beverly Sills, Günter Kunert, Harry Frankfurt, Lady Pamela Hicks, and Marcel Amont. Among people deceased in 2019, Yvette Williams ranks 338. Before her are Abdallah Lamrani, Med Hondo, Harley Race, François Weyergans, Dinko Dermendzhiev, and Mitsuhisa Taguchi. After her are Ben Pon, Kurt Armbruster, Günter Kunert, Antal Bolvári, Ellen Schwiers, and Klara Guseva.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Yvette Williams ranks 61 out of 303. Before her are Rob Hall (1961), Ronald Syme (1903), Raymond Firth (1901), Warren Cole (1940), Taika Waititi (1975), and Vaughan Jones (1952). After her are Antony Starr (1975), Howden Ganley (1941), Silvia Cartwright (1943), Fran Walsh (1959), Kevin Smith (1963), and Joe Earl (1952).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Yvette Williams ranks 5. Before her are John Walker (1952), Harry Kerr (1879), Peter Snell (1938), and Warren Cole (1940). After her are Joe Earl (1952), Dudley Storey (1939), Hugh Anderson (1936), Eric Verdonk (1959), Murray Halberg (1933), Jack Lovelock (1910), and Ross Collinge (1944).

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