Kyron McMaster
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Born | Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands[1] | 3 January 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Central Arizona College University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 m hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Florida Gators[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Dag Samuels (–2017) Lennox Graham (2017–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kyron McMaster (born 3 January 1997) is an athlete from the British Virgin Islands specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[3]
He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships where he finished in the top three in his heat only to be disqualified for a lane infringement. Earlier, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships.
His personal best in the event is 47.08 seconds set in the 2020 Olympics Games, on August 3rd, 2021. This is the current national record.
His coach, died on September 9, 2017 during Hurricane Irma.[4]
McMaster won the British Virgin Islands' first ever Commonwealth Games medal (a gold) in the 400 m hurdles in 2018.[5][6]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2012 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U18) |
San Salvador, El Salvador | 12th (h) | 400 m | 50.84 |
7th | High jump | 1.85 m | |||
2013 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Nassau, Bahamas | 7th | 200 m | 22.36 (w) |
5th | 400 m | 49.29 | |||
World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | 62nd (h) | 200 m | 22.55 | |
2014 | CARIFTA Games (U18) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 6th | 400 m | 49.10 |
3rd | 400 m hurdles (84 cm) | 52.85 | |||
World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 43rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 54.21 | |
Youth Olympic Games | Nanjing, China | – | 400 m hurdles (84 cm) | DQ | |
2015 | Pan American Junior Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 1st (h) | 400 m hurdles | 50.161 |
2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 49.56 |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | – | 400 m hurdles | DQ |
2017 | IAAF Diamond League | Various venues | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 48.07 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 48.25 |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 47.60 | |
NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 48.18 | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 48.10 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 47.08 |
1Did not finish in the final
References[]
- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "400m Hurdler Kyron Mcmaster Signs with the Florida Gators". The Island Sun. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Kyron McMaster at World Athletics
- ^ "Kyron McMaster's Track Coach 'Dag' Samuels Passes Away In Hurricane Irma". FloTrack. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ Kelner, Martha (12 April 2018). "Kyron McMaster lets the tears flow after gold follows coach's death". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Scott, Chris (12 April 2018). "A year after Hurricane Irma, Kyron McMaster wins BVI's first Commonwealth medal". CNN. Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- British Virgin Islands male hurdlers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for British Virgin Islands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for the British Virgin Islands
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- People from Road Town
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the British Virgin Islands
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Diamond League winners
- Florida Gators men's track and field athletes
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the British Virgin Islands
- Central America and Caribbean athletics biography stubs
- British Virgin Islands sportspeople stubs