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
In 2022, he was awarded the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Community Engagement Award.[2]
References
- Kyle Vander-Kuyp at World Athletics
- Profile
Preceded by None | Cleo Bachelor of the Year 1998 | Succeeded by |
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- 1894: Harry Davis
- 1896: W. Martin (NZL)
- 1898: J. Laidlaw
- 1900: Corrie Gardner
- 1902: George William Smith (NZL)
- 1904: George William Smith (NZL)
- 1906: Colin Stewart
- 1908: John Davis and Colin Stewart (tie)
- 1910: Gerald Keddell (NZL)
- 1912: Gerald Keddell (NZL)
- 1914: Les Wallman
- 1920: Harry Wilson (NZL)
- 1922: Leslie Edmunds
- 1924: Robert Almond
- 1926: Ernest Scott
- 1928: Roger Lander (NZL)
- 1930: Alf Watson
- 1932: Alf Watson
- 1934: Don McLardy
- 1936: Sid Stenner
- 1938: Sid Stenner
- 1947: Charles Green
- 1948: Ray Weinberg
- 1949: Peter Gardner
- 1950: Ray Weinberg
- 1951: Ray Weinberg
- 1952: Ray Weinberg
- 1953: Ray Weinberg
- 1954: Ken Doubleday
- 1955: Ken Doubleday
- 1956: Ken Doubleday
- 1957: John Chittick
- 1958: John Chittick
- 1959: John Chittick
- 1960: John Chittick
- 1961: Dave Prince
- 1962: Dave Prince
- 1963: Dave Prince
- 1964: Dave Prince
- 1965: Gary Knoke
- 1966: Richmond Flowers Jr. (USA)
- 1967: Gary Knoke
- 1968: David James
- 1969: Mal Baird
- 1970: Mal Baird
- 1971: Mal Baird
- 1972: Mal Baird
- 1973: Warren Parr
- 1974: Warren Parr
- 1975: Max Binnington
- 1976: Warren Parr
- 1977: Vin Plant
- 1978: Vin Plant
- 1979: Max Binnington
- 1980: Warren Parr
- 1981: Max Binnington
- 1982: Max Binnington
- 1983: Don Wright
- 1984: Don Wright
- 1985: Don Wright
- 1986: Don Wright
- 1987: Don Wright
- 1988: Don Wright
- 1989: Don Wright
- 1990: John Caliguri
- 1991: John Caliguri
- 1992: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1993: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1994: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1995: Colin Jackson (GBR)
- 1996: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1997: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1998: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 1999: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2000: Tim Ewan
- 2001: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2002: Colin Jackson (GBR)
- 2003: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2004: Kyle Vander-Kuyp
- 2005: James Mortimer (NZL)
- 2006: James Mortimer (NZL)
- 2007: Justin Merlino
- 2008: Justin Merlino
- 2009: Tasuku Tanonaka (JPN)
- 2010: Greg Eyears
- 2011: Siddhanth Thingalaya (IND)
- 2012: Siddhanth Thingalaya (IND)
- 2013: Siddhanth Thingalaya (IND)
- 2014: Nicholas Hough
- 2015: Nicholas Hough
- 2016: Justin Merlino
- 2017: Nicholas Hough
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