Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett 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. Yvette Williams (New Zealand) set the women's long jump world record of 6.28 m in Gisborne, New Zealand on February 20, 1954. It stood 19 months, until Galina Vinogradova's 6.28 m on September 11, 1955 (equalling it). Wiki link