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    Yvette Williams

    The sports writer Peter Heidenstrom rated Yvette Williams as his 'New Zealand Athlete of the Century'. There is no doubt that she was one of our greatest-ever athletes - and probably the most versatile. 

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Yvette Williams sets world long jump record

1954 Yvette Williams sets world long jump record

Two years after winning the long jump gold medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Williams set a new world record of 20 feet 7 1/2 inches (6.29 m) at an athletics meeting in Gisborne. more...

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  • Yvette Williams (Te Ara)
  • Yvette Corlett (NZOC)
  • Yvette Williams (Wikipedia)
  • Fanny Blankers-Koen (Wikipedia)
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