Yvonne Curtet
.jpg) Curtet in 1948 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  France |
| Born | 28 May 1920 Cannes, France |
| Died | 21 February 2025 (aged 104) |
| Sport | |
| Event | Long jump |
Yvonne Alice Curtet (French: [ivɔn alis kyʁtɛ]; née Chabot French: [ʃabo]; 28 May 1920 – 21 February 2025) was a French athlete, who specialised in the long jump.
Life and career
[edit]Curtet was born in Cannes. She took eighth place in the long jump during the 1948 London Olympics with a leap of 5.35 m. In qualifying for the final, she established the first Olympic record for women with a jump of 5.64 m.[1] She also competed at the 1950 European Athletics Championships and placed fourth at that competition.[2] Her second Olympic appearance resulted in a 23rd-place finish at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]
Curtet won three French national long jump titles (1945, 1946 and 1949) and two titles in the pentathlon (1946 and 1949). She improved three times the French record in the long jump, bringing it to 5.64 m and 5.67 m in 1948, then 5.71 m in 1949.
Her daughter Jacqueline Curtet succeeded her to the French title and also broke the French record and represented France at the European Athletics Championships with her mother. They were the first mother/daughter combination to have competed in the same event at the European Championships.[4]
Curtet turned 100 on 28 May 2020. She died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on 21 February 2025, at the age of 104.[5]
Following the death of Félix Sienra, a Uruguayan Olympic sailor in the 1948 games, on 30 January 2023, Curtet became the oldest living Olympian. She was succeeded in this title by Canadian skier Rhoda Wurtele.[6][7]
National titles
[edit]- French Championships in Athletics
- Long jump: 1945, 1946, 1949
- Women's pentathlon: 1946, 1949
Personal records
[edit]| Event | Performance | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long jump | 5.76 m | Albi, France | 25 June 1950 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic long jump record progression - women". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ Yvonne Chabot. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 13 March 2016.
- ^ Yvonne Curtet. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 13 March 2016.
- ^ Villaseñor, Miguel (2012). European Championships Miscellaneous Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. RFEA. Retrieved on 13 March 2016.
- ^ Yvonne Curtet-Chabot, doyenne des Olympiens, est morte à 104 ans (in French)
- ^ Tchir, Paul. (30 January 2023). "List of the Oldest Living Olympians (aged 90+)". acsweb.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Binner, Andrew (23 February 2023). "The secrets to a long and healthy life from former world's oldest Olympian Felix Sienra". Olympics.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
Sources
[edit]- Docathlé2003, Fédération française d'athlétisme, 2003, p. 395
External links
[edit]Yvonne Curtet at World Athletics
- Yvonne Curtet at the French Athletics Federation (in French)
- Yvonne Curtet at Olympics.com
- Yvonne Curtet at Olympedia
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