Kyle Vander-Kuyp

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

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

1. Representing Oceania
2. "Jessica Stenson and Athletics among big winners at AIS Sport Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

• Kyle Vander-Kuyp at World Athletics
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Preceded by None

Cleo Bachelor of the Year 1998

Succeeded by Anthony Field