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Kyron McMaster
British Virgin Islands athlete (born 1997)
Kyron Anthony McMaster OBE (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 finishing fourth in the final of the 2020 Olympic Games 400m hurdles, on August 3, 2021. This is the current national record.
His coach, Xavier "Dag" Samuels 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 and followed up with another gold at the Commonwealth Games winning at Birmingham 2022 in the same event.[5][6]
McMaster finished second at the 2023 World Track and Field Championships in Budapest, earning a silver medal. This was the first ever medal for the British Virgin Islands at this championship event.
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to sport in the British Virgin Islands.[7]
