Australian athlete (b.1971)
Kyle Bernard Vander-Kuyp (born 30 May 1971 in Paddington ,[citation needed ] a suburb of Sydney ), is an Indigenous Australian athlete of the Worimi and Yuin tribe of North and South Coast New South Wales . At 5 weeks of age, he was adopted by Pat and Ben Vander-Kuyp.
Kyle bettered the Oceanian record in the 110 metres hurdles to 13.29 seconds at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics .
In addition he has competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games , as well as the 1994 , 1998 and 2006 Commonwealth Games .
Competition record [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Australia 1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 6th 110 m hurdles 14.07 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.85 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 10th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.48 1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 5th 110 m hurdles 13.75 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 2nd 4 x 100 m relay 38.88 World Cup London, United Kingdom 6th 110 m hurdles 13.71 [1] 1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th 60 m hurdles 7.73 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 110 m hurdles 13.30 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 7th 110 m hurdles 13.40 1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 14th (h) 60 m hurdles 7.73 World Championships Athens, Greece 9th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.49 1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th 110 m hurdles 13.67 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 20th (qf) 110 m hurdles 13.56 2000 Olympic Games Sydney , Australia 16th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.63
In 2022, he was awarded the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Community Engagement Award .[2]
References [ edit ]
Note: 120 yard hurdles until 1966