Tyrell Cuffy

{{short description|Caymanian sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Tyrell Cuffy

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| nationality = {{CAY}}

| sport = Running

| event = 100 metres, 200 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|09|06}}

| birth_place = Trinidad and Tobago

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| pb = 100 m: 10.33 (Edwardsville 2008)
200 m: 20.83 (Cali 2008)

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |the {{CAY}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|NACAC Under-23 Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Toluca|4×100 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 São Paulo|200 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Port of Spain|4×100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|Island Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Jersey|100m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Jersey|200m}}

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Tyrell Cuffy (born 6 September 1988) is a Caymanian sprinter.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Cuffy moved to the Caymans at a young age,(12 August 2007). [http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2007/08/13/Cuffy-s-focused-on-London-Olympics/ "Cuffy's focused on London Olympics"] – Compass Cayman. Retrieved 19 March 2016. and attended John Gray High School in George Town. He then studied at King College (in Bristol, Tennessee) on an athletic scholarship, winning both the 100 and 200-metre events at the 2008 NAIA National Track Championships.[http://tricitiessports.com/kings-cuffy-wins-naia-dash-titles-p26697.htm King's Cuffy Wins NAIA 100, 200 Dash Titles] Cuffy had earlier won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[http://tn.milesplit.com/articles/14008 King College's Tyrell Cuffy places second in the PAN-AM games] He has since competed for the Caymans in a number of international events and meets, notably winning two gold medals (in the 100 and 200 metres) at the 2015 Island Games.

In his youth, Cuffy also represented the national under-19 cricket team, including at the 2005 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship. His father, Theo Cuffy, played first-class cricket in Trinidad and Tobago, and came to the Cayman Islands to coach the sport.[http://www.fcsportsfoundation.com/athletes/theodore-cuffy/ First Citizens Sports Foundation > Athletes > Theodore Cuffy] – First Citizens Sports Foundation. Retrieved 19 March 2016.