Cleone Rivett-Carnac

Cleone Rivett-Carnac
Rivett-Carnac at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Birth nameCleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac
Born(1933-04-21)21 April 1933
Died20 January 2003(2003-01-20) (aged 69)
Napier, New Zealand
Relative(s)Charles Rivett-Carnac (great-grandfather)
James Rivett-Carnac (3xgt-grandfather)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportTrack and field
EventJavelin throw
Coached byNelson Charles Rivett-Carnac
Achievements and titles
National finalsJavelin champion (1949, 1951–1954)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland Javelin

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).[1][2] Her great-grandfather, Charles Rivett-Carnac, and his second wife, Frances Rivett-Carnac, were the first husband and wife to win Olympic gold medals.[3][4] 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.[5][6]

Athletics

Trained by her father,[7] Rivett-Carnac won the New Zealand national javelin title five times: in 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954.[8] Her winning streak was interrupted by Yvette Williams, who won the championship in 1950.[8] Rivett-Carnac held the New Zealand javelin record from 1948 to 1950.[7]

At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, she won the bronze medal in the javelin throw,[9] with Yvette Williams finishing second in the same event.[7]

Rivett-Carnac also represented Napier in field hockey, netball, and basketball.[7]

Later life and death

Rivett-Carnac worked as a public servant.[10] She began playing golf in 1963, and went on to represent Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay in that sport.[7]

She died at her home in Napier on 20 January 2003,[7] and her ashes were buried at Napier's Western Hills Cemetery.[10]

Legacy

In 2007, Rivett-Carnac was inducted into the Hawke's Bay sporting legends hall of fame.[11] Napier Girls' High School awards the Cleone Rivett-Carnac Cup for outstanding sporting achievement.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac". Geni. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac". Rootsweb. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac's family tree". Geni. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Charles Rivett-Carnac". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Charles James Rivett-Carnac". Rootsweb. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Sir James Rivett-Carnac 1st Bt". Rootsweb. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Outstanding sportswoman dies in Napier". The Dominion Post. 4 February 2003. p. 9.
  8. ^ a b Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 81. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Cleone Rivett-Carnac". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Cemetery database". Napier City Council. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Hawke's Bay Sporting Legends Hall of Fame". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Napier Girls' High School senior prizegiving". Hawkes Bay Today. 13 February 2016. p. A8.
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