Kyron McMaster

{{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 in 2024

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|01|3|df=y}}

| death_date =

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6005410-kyron-mcmaster.htm|title=2018 CWG bio|access-date=24 April 2018}}}}

| height = 1.91 m

| weight = 74 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 m hurdles

| club =

| education = Central Arizona College
University of Florida

| collegeteam = 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|access-date=8 August 2017}}

| coach = Dag Samuels (–2017)
Lennox Graham (2017–)

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|the {{IVB}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2023 Budapest | 400m hurdles }}

{{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}}

{{Medal|1st|2017| 400m hurdles}}

{{Medal|1st|2018| 400m hurdles}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Gold Coast | 400m hurdles }}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Birmingham | 400m hurdles }}

{{MedalCompetition|NACAC Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Toronto | 400m hurdles}}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Freeport|400 m hurdles}}

{{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games }}

{{MedalGold| 2018 Barranquilla | 400m hurdles}}

}}

Kyron Anthony McMaster (born 3 January 1997) is an athlete from the British Virgin Islands specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.{{World Athletics}}

He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, 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.

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 3 August 2021. This is the current national record.

His coach, Xavier "Dag" Samuels died on 9 September 2017 during 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 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.{{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|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|location=Atlanta, Georgia, United States|access-date=13 April 2018}}

McMaster finished second at the 2023 World Championships in 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 (OBE) in the 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}}