Cleone Rivett-Carnac
Rivett-Carnac at the 1950 British Empire Games | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac 21 April 1933 | |||||||||||
| Died | 20 January 2003 (aged 69) Napier, New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Relative(s) | Charles Rivett-Carnac (great-grandfather) James Rivett-Carnac (3xgt-grandfather) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Nelson Charles Rivett-Carnac | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| National finals | Javelin champion (1949, 1951–1954) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac (21 April 1933 – 20 January 2003) was a New Zealand javelin thrower.
Early life and family
Born in 1933, Rivett-Carnac was the daughter of Nelson Charles Rivett-Carnac and Bertha Ella Inez Rivett-Carnac (née Litt). Her great-grandfather, Charles Rivett-Carnac, and his second wife, Frances Rivett-Carnac, were the first husband and wife to win Olympic gold medals.[1] Her great-great-great grandfather, Sir James Rivett-Carnac, 1st Baronet, was the Governor of the Bombay Presidency of British India from 1838 to 1841.
Athletics
Trained by her father,[2] Rivett-Carnac won the New Zealand national javelin title five times: in 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954.[3] Her winning streak was interrupted by Yvette Williams, who won the championship in 1950.[3] Rivett-Carnac held the New Zealand javelin record from 1948 to 1950.[2]
At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, she won the bronze medal in the javelin throw,[4] with Yvette Williams finishing second in the same event.[2]
Rivett-Carnac also represented Napier in field hockey, netball, and basketball.[2]
Later life and death
Rivett-Carnac worked as a public servant.[5] She began playing golf in 1963, and went on to represent Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay in that sport.[2]
She died at her home in Napier on 20 January 2003,[2] and her ashes were buried at Napier's Western Hills Cemetery.[5]
Legacy
In 2007, Rivett-Carnac was inducted into the Hawke's Bay sporting legends hall of fame.[6] Napier Girls' High School awards the Cleone Rivett-Carnac Cup for outstanding sporting achievement.[7]
References
- ^ "Charles Rivett-Carnac". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Outstanding sportswoman dies in Napier". The Dominion Post. 4 February 2003. p. 9.
- ^ a b Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 81. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Cleone Rivett-Carnac". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Cemetery database". Napier City Council. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Hawke's Bay Sporting Legends Hall of Fame". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Napier Girls' High School senior prizegiving". Hawkes Bay Today. 13 February 2016. p. A8.