Cleone Rivett-Carnac

Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac (21 April 1933 – 20 January 2003) was a New Zealand javelin thrower.

Cleone Rivett-Carnac

Rivett-Carnac at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Birth name	Cleone Patricia Rivett-Carnac
Born	21 April 1933
Died	20 January 2003 (aged 69) Napier, New Zealand
Relatives	Charles Rivett-Carnac (great-grandfather) James Rivett-Carnac (3xgt-grandfather)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Coached by	Nelson Charles Rivett-Carnac
Achievements and titles
National finals	Javelin champion (1949, 1951–1954)
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1950 Auckland Javelin

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. "Outstanding sportswoman dies in Napier". The Dominion Post. 4 February 2003. p. 9.
8. 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. "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.