At the Olympic Games in Helsinki Yvette Williams - now Corlett - set a high standard when she became the first of many New Zealand women to win a gold medal.
"As she prepared for that all-or-nothing leap, the thought rattled around her head: 'The New Zealand public expected me to do well, so I thought I can't let everybody down.'
"Then, on her next jump, she sped down the track and flew 6.24m, an Olympic record."
The Herald at the time reported: "At home the reactions of excitement varied from the extreme pride of her parents to a solemn motion of congratulations offered by the Auckland Stock Exchange."
