The brother of NZ's first female Olympic gold medalist says she should have been a Dame. ​Yvette Williams had a trailing legacy of titles in athletics, but her quiet wish would have been to become a Dame, her brother says. Yvette won the gold medal by setting an Olympic record in long jump of 6.24m - 1cm shorter than Fanny Blankers-Koen's world record of the time. She taught many people like Barbara Kendall, who became an Olympic gold medallist, and she became an important figure in sport." MARK TAYLOR/STUFF Yvette Williams' younger brother Roy Williams reminisces about the first woman gold medalists' life.

Source: Stuff April 19, 2019 02:15 UTC