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'''Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac''' (21 April 1933 – 20 January 2003) was a New Zealand [[javelin throw]]er.
'''Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac''' (21 April 1933 – 20 January 2003) was a New Zealand [[javelin throw]]er.


==Early life and family==
==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).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Cleone-Rivett-Carnac/6000000029451902852 |title=Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac |date= |website=Geni |publisher= |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/ushersct/11140.htm |title=Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac |date= |website=Rootsweb |publisher= |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref> Her great-grandfather, [[Charles Rivett-Carnac (sailor)|Charles Rivett-Carnac]], and his second wife, [[Frances Rivett-Carnac]], were the first husband and wife to win Olympic gold medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000029451902852 |title=Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac's family tree |date= |website=Geni |publisher= |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/charles-rivett-carnac-1.html |title=Charles Rivett-Carnac |date= |website=Sports-Reference.com |publisher= |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref> Her great-great-great grandfather, [[James Rivett-Carnac|Sir James Rivett-Carnac, 1st Baronet]], was the [[List of governors of Bombay|Governor]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]] of [[British India]] from 1838 to 1841.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/ushersct/1554.htm |title=Charles James Rivett-Carnac |date= |website=Rootsweb |publisher= |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/ushersct/52.htm |title=Sir James Rivett-Carnac 1st Bt. |date= |website=Rootsweb |publisher= |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref>
Born in 1933, Rivett-Carnac was the daughter of Nelson Charles Rivett-Carnac and Bertha Ella Inez Rivett-Carnac (née Litt).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Cleone-Rivett-Carnac/6000000029451902852 |title=Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac |website=Geni |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/ushersct/11140.htm |title=Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac |website=Rootsweb |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> Her great-grandfather, [[Charles Rivett-Carnac (sailor)|Charles Rivett-Carnac]], and his second wife, [[Frances Rivett-Carnac]], were the first husband and wife to win Olympic gold medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000029451902852 |title=Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac's family tree |website=Geni |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/charles-rivett-carnac-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/charles-rivett-carnac-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Charles Rivett-Carnac |website=Sports-Reference.com |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> Her great-great-great grandfather, [[James Rivett-Carnac|Sir James Rivett-Carnac, 1st Baronet]], was the [[List of governors of Bombay|Governor]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]] of [[British India]] from 1838 to 1841.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/ushersct/1554.htm |title=Charles James Rivett-Carnac |website=Rootsweb |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/ushersct/52.htm |title=Sir James Rivett-Carnac 1st Bt. |website=Rootsweb |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref>


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
Trained by her father,<ref name="DomPost 2003"/> Rivett-Carnac won the New Zealand national javelin title five times: in 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954.<ref name="Hollings">{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |website= |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |accessdate=20 May 2017 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings | page=81}}</ref> Her winning streak was interrupted by [[Yvette Williams]], who won the championship in 1950.<ref name="Hollings"/> Rivett-Carnac held the New Zealand javelin record from 1948 to 1950.<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>
Trained by her father,<ref name="DomPost 2003"/> Rivett-Carnac won the New Zealand national javelin title five times: in 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954.<ref name="Hollings">{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |access-date=20 May 2017 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings | page=81}}</ref> Her winning streak was interrupted by [[Yvette Williams]], who won the championship in 1950.<ref name="Hollings"/> Rivett-Carnac held the New Zealand javelin record from 1948 to 1950.<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>


At the [[New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games|1950 British Empire Games]] in [[Auckland]], she won the bronze medal in the javelin throw,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/cleone-rivett-carnac/ |title=Cleone Rivett-Carnac |year=2016 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref> with Yvette Williams finishing second in the same event.<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>
At the [[New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games|1950 British Empire Games]] in [[Auckland]], she won the bronze medal in the javelin throw,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/cleone-rivett-carnac/ |title=Cleone Rivett-Carnac |year=2016 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> with Yvette Williams finishing second in the same event.<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>


Rivett-Carnac also represented [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] in [[field hockey]], [[netball]], and [[basketball]].<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>
Rivett-Carnac also represented [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] in [[field hockey]], [[netball]], and [[basketball]].<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>


==Later life and death==
==Later life and death==
Rivett-Carnac worked as a public servant.<ref name="Burial">{{cite web |url=http://www.napier.govt.nz/services/napier-cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=201579 |title=Cemetery database |date= |website= |publisher=Napier City Council |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref> She began playing [[golf]] in 1963, and went on to represent [[Hawke's Bay Region|Hawke's Bay]]/[[Gisborne District|Poverty Bay]] in that sport.<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>
Rivett-Carnac worked as a public servant.<ref name="Burial">{{cite web |url=http://www.napier.govt.nz/services/napier-cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=201579 |title=Cemetery database |publisher=Napier City Council |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> She began playing [[golf]] in 1963, and went on to represent [[Hawke's Bay Region|Hawke's Bay]]/[[Gisborne District|Poverty Bay]] in that sport.<ref name="DomPost 2003"/>


She died at her home in Napier on 20 January 2003,<ref name="DomPost 2003">{{cite news | title=Outstanding sportswoman dies in Napier | date=4 February 2003 | work=Dominion Post | page=9}}</ref> and her ashes were buried at Napier's Western Hills Cemetery.<ref name="Burial"/>
She died at her home in Napier on 20 January 2003,<ref name="DomPost 2003">{{cite news | title=Outstanding sportswoman dies in Napier | date=4 February 2003 | work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] | page=9}}</ref> and her ashes were buried at Napier's Western Hills Cemetery.<ref name="Burial"/>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
In 2007, Rivett-Carnac was inducted into the Hawke's Bay sporting legends hall of fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=7959aa6e-69c2-43c9-873b-4e95d9c146fa |title=Hawke's Bay Sporting Legends Hall of Fame |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref> [[Napier Girls' High School]] awards the Cleone Rivett-Carnac Cup for outstanding sporting achievement.<ref>{{cite news | title=Napier Girls' High School senior prizegiving | date=13 February 2016 | work=Hawkes Bay Today | page=A8}}</ref>
In 2007, Rivett-Carnac was inducted into the Hawke's Bay sporting legends hall of fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=7959aa6e-69c2-43c9-873b-4e95d9c146fa |title=Hawke's Bay Sporting Legends Hall of Fame |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> [[Napier Girls' High School]] awards the Cleone Rivett-Carnac Cup for outstanding sporting achievement.<ref>{{cite news | title=Napier Girls' High School senior prizegiving | date=13 February 2016 | work=Hawkes Bay Today | page=A8}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:38, 17 March 2024

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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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