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

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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

• Kyle Vander-Kuyp at World Athletics
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