coach country birth_place height pb name honorific_suffix sport birth_date spouse nationals article_title birth_name retired
jim bellwood new zealand dunedin , new zealand 5 ft 9 in m 2 flip long m discus -- 47.95 m pentathlon -- 4219 points jump -- 6.28 m shot put -- 13.95 yvette corlett nzl cnzm mbe track and field 25 april 1929 charles armistice corlett 1954 2015 d. long , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 -rrb- shot jump put champion -lrb- 1947 , 1948 , 1949 , 1950 champion , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 -rrb- discus -lrb- champion -lrb- 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1954 -rrb- 1948 javelin champion -lrb- 1950 -rrb- 80 m hurdles champion -lrb- , 1954 -rrb- 1949 , 1950 yvette williams
 yvette winifred williams 1954
yvette williams

yvette winifred williams -lrb- later yvette corlett , born 25 april 1929 -rrb- is a former new zealand athlete .
a versatile sports person , she became the first woman from her country to win an olympic gold medal and later held the women 's long jump world record .
