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
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In 2022, he was awarded the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Community Engagement Award.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Representing Oceania
- ^ "Jessica Stenson and Athletics among big winners at AIS Sport Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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