Nationality France | Event Long jump | |
Born 28 May 1920 (age 96) ( 1920-05-28 ) Cannes Similar Olga Gyarmati, Ann Britt Leyman, Noemí Simonetto de Portela | ||
Yvonne Alice Curtet (née Chabot; born 28 May 1920 in Cannes) is a French former athlete, who specialized in the long jump.
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. She also competed at the 1950 European Athletics Championships and placed fourth at that competition. Her second Olympic appearance resulted in a 23rd-place finish at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
She 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 shared the honour of breaking the French record and representing 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.