# Kyron McMaster > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kyron_McMaster > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kyron_McMaster.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyron_McMaster > Source revision: 1354806482 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British Virgin Islands athlete (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kyron McMaster | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} | image = Kyron McMaster (2024 Olympics).png | caption = Kyron McMaster at the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|01|3|df=y}} | death_date = | birth_place = {{nowrap|[Road Town](/source/Road_Town), [Tortola](/source/Tortola), [British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands){{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6005410-kyron-mcmaster.htm|title=2018 Commonwealth Games profile|access-date=24 April 2018}}{{dead link|date=August 2025}}}} | height = 1.91 m | weight = 74 kg | sport = [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport)) | event = [400 m hurdles](/source/400_m_hurdles) | club = | education = [Central Arizona College](/source/Central_Arizona_College)
[University of Florida](/source/University_of_Florida) | collegeteam = [Florida Gators](/source/Florida_Gators){{cite web|url=http://www.islandsun.com/400m-hurdler-kyron-mcmaster-signs-with-the-florida-gators/|title=400m Hurdler Kyron Mcmaster Signs with the Florida Gators|date=24 November 2016|publisher=[The Island Sun](/source/The_Island_Sun)|access-date=8 August 2017}} | coach = Dag Samuels (–2017)
Lennox Graham (2017–) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}} {{Medal|Country|the {{IVB}}}} {{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/World_Athletics_Championships) }} {{MedalSilver | [2023 Budapest](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships) | [400m hurdles](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships_-_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) }} {{Medal|Competition|[Diamond League](/source/Diamond_League)}} {{Medal|1st|[2017](/source/2017_IAAF_Diamond_League)| 400m hurdles}} {{Medal|1st|[2018](/source/2018_IAAF_Diamond_League)| 400m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition | [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games) }} {{MedalGold | [2018 Gold Coast](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games) | [400m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_-_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) }} {{MedalGold | [2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games) | [400m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_-_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) }} {{MedalCompetition|[NACAC Championships](/source/NACAC_Championships)}} {{MedalGold | [2018 Toronto](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships) | 400m hurdles}} {{MedalGold | [2022 Freeport](/source/2022_NACAC_Championships)|400 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition | [Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) }} {{MedalGold| [2018 Barranquilla](/source/2018_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) | 400m hurdles}} }} '''Kyron Anthony McMaster''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 3 January 1997) is an athlete from the [British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands) specialising in the [400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles).{{World Athletics}} He represented his country at the [2017 World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics), where he finished in the top three in his heat but was disqualified for lane infringement. Earlier, he had won a bronze medal at the [2016 World U20 Championships](/source/2016_IAAF_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](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) 400m hurdles, on 3 August 2021. This is the current [national record](/source/List_of_British_Virgin_Islands_records_in_athletics). His coach, [Xavier "Dag" Samuels](/source/Xavier_%22Dag%22_Samuels) died on 9 September 2017 during [Hurricane Irma](/source/Hurricane_Irma).{{Cite news|url=http://www.flotrack.org/article/61483-kyron-mcmaster-s-track-coach-dag-samuels-passes-away-in-hurricane-irma#.WbP5UMhJaM9|title=Kyron McMaster's Track Coach 'Dag' Samuels Passes Away In Hurricane Irma|work=FloTrack|access-date=2017-09-09}} McMaster won the British Virgin Islands' first ever [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games) medal (a gold) in the [400 m hurdles in 2018](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_-_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) and followed up with another gold at the Commonwealth Games winning at [Birmingham 2022](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games) in the same event.{{cite news|last=Kelner|first=Martha|date=12 April 2018|title=Kyron McMaster lets the tears flow after gold follows coach's death|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/12/kyron-mcmaster-lets-tears-flow-gold-follows-coach-death|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|location=London, England|access-date=13 April 2018}}{{cite news|last=Scott|first=Chris|date=12 April 2018|title=A year after Hurricane Irma, Kyron McMaster wins BVI's first Commonwealth medal|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/sport/kyron-mcmaster-wins-british-virgin-islands-first-commonwealth-medal/index.html|work=[CNN](/source/CNN)|location=Atlanta, Georgia, United States|access-date=13 April 2018}} McMaster finished second at the [2023 World Championships](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships) in [Budapest](/source/Budapest), earning a silver medal. This was the British Virgin Islands' first ever medal at the World Championships.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/world-athletics-championships-2023-karsten-warholm-kyron-mcmaster-400m-hurdles-final|title=World Athletics Championships 2023: Karsten Warholm reigns supreme again as Kyron McMaster makes history in 400m hurdles|website=olympics.com|access-date=26 September 2024}} He was appointed [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE) in the [2024 New Year Honours](/source/2024_New_Year_Honours) for services to sport in the British Virgin Islands.{{London Gazette|issue=64269|supp=y|page=N27|date=30 December 2023}} ==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{IVB}} |- |rowspan=2|2012 |rowspan=2|[Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships](/source/2012_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) (U18) |rowspan=2|[San Salvador, El Salvador](/source/San_Salvador%2C_El_Salvador) |12th (h) |400 m |50.84 |- |7th |High jump |1.85 m |- |rowspan=3|2013 |rowspan=2|[CARIFTA Games](/source/2013_CARIFTA_Games) (U17) |rowspan=2|[Nassau, Bahamas](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas) |7th |200 m |22.36 (w) |- |5th |400 m |49.29 |- |[World Youth Championships](/source/2013_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Donetsk, Ukraine](/source/Donetsk%2C_Ukraine) |62nd (h) |200 m |22.55 |- |rowspan=4|2014 |rowspan=2|[CARIFTA Games](/source/2014_CARIFTA_Games) (U18) |rowspan=2|[Fort-de-France, Martinique](/source/Fort-de-France%2C_Martinique) |6th |400 m |49.10 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m hurdles (84 cm) |52.85 |- |[World Junior Championships](/source/2014_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Eugene, United States](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon) |43rd (h) |400 m hurdles |[54.21](/source/2014_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |[Youth Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics) |[Nanjing, China](/source/Nanjing%2C_China) | – |400 m hurdles (84 cm) |[DQ](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Boys'_400_metre_hurdles) |- |2015 |[Pan American Junior Championships](/source/2015_Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships) |[Edmonton, Canada](/source/Edmonton%2C_Canada) |1st (h) |400 m hurdles |50.161 |- |2016 |[World U20 Championships](/source/2016_IAAF_World_U20_Championships) |[Bydgoszcz, Poland](/source/Bydgoszcz%2C_Poland) |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m hurdles |[49.56](/source/2016_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |2017 |[World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[London, United Kingdom](/source/London%2C_United_Kingdom) | – |400 m hurdles |[DQ](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |2017 |[IAAF Diamond League](/source/2017_IAAF_Diamond_League) |Various venues |style="background:gold;"| 1st |400 m hurdles |48.07 |- |rowspan=3|2018 |[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games) |[Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland), [Australia](/source/Australia) |style="background:gold;"| 1st |400 m hurdles |[48.25](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |[Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) |[Barranquilla, Colombia](/source/Barranquilla%2C_Colombia) |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |[47.60](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |[NACAC Championships](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships) |[Toronto, Canada](/source/Toronto%2C_Canada) |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |[48.18](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |2019 |[World Championships](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships) |[Doha, Qatar](/source/Doha%2C_Qatar) |4th |400 m hurdles |[48.10](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |2021 |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) |[Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan) |4th |400 m hurdles |[47.08](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |rowspan=3|2022 |[World Championships](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships) |[Eugene, United States](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon) |20th (h) |400 m hurdles |[49.98](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles)2 |- |[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games) |[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), [England](/source/England) |style="background:gold;"| 1st |400 m hurdles |[48.93](/source/Athletics_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |[NACAC Championships](/source/2022_NACAC_Championships) |[Freeport, Bahamas](/source/Freeport%2C_Bahamas) |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |[47.34](/source/2022_NACAC_Championships_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |2023 |[World Championships](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships) |[Budapest, Hungary](/source/Budapest%2C_Hungary) |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m hurdles |[47.34](/source/2023_World_Athletics_Championships_-_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |2024 |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics) |[Paris, France](/source/Paris%2C_France) |5th |400 m hurdles |[47.79](/source/Athletics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |2025 |[World Championships](/source/2025_World_Athletics_Championships) |[Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan) |35th (h) |400 m hurdles |[49.89](/source/2025_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) |} 1Did not finish in the final
2Did not start in the semifinals ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = [Ashley Kelly](/source/Ashley_Kelly_(sprinter)) | title = [Flagbearer](/source/List_of_flag_bearers_for_the_British_Virgin_Islands_at_the_Olympics) for {{IVB}} | years = [Tokyo 2020](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics)
with
[Elinah Phillip](/source/Elinah_Phillip) | after = [Adaejah Hodge](/source/Adaejah_Hodge)
[Thad Lettsome](/source/Thad_Lettsome) }} {{s-end}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions 400m Hurdles Men}} {{Footer CAC Champions 400 m Hurdles Men}} {{Footer IAAF Diamond League 400 Metres Hurdles Champions Men}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McMaster, Kyron}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:British Virgin Islands men hurdlers Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for British Virgin Islands Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for the British Virgin Islands Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:People from Road Town Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the British Virgin Islands Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Diamond League winners Category:Florida Gators men's track and field athletes Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for the British Virgin Islands Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century British sportsmen Category:Long stubs with short prose {{BritishVirginIslands-athletics-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kyron McMaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyron_McMaster) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyron_McMaster?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.