Maeve Kyle
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Born | County Kilkenny | October 6, 1928
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Country | Ireland |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100, 200, 400 800 meters |
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Ireland | October 6, 1928
Maeve Esther Enid Kyle, OBE, née Shankey (born 6 October 1928), is an Irish Olympic athlete and hockey player. She was born in County Kilkenny. She competed in the 100m and 200m in the Melbourne Olympics and subsequently in the Rome Olympics and Tokyo Olympics (where she reached the semi-finals of both the 400m and 800m). She took bronze in the 400m at the 1966 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Dortmund. Kyle briefly attended Kilkenny College where her father C.G. Shankey was headmaster, before attending Alexandra College and finally, Trinity College, Dublin. She is the granddaughter of William Thrift.
In hockey, she gained 58 Irish caps as well as representing three of the four Irish provinces (Leinster, Munster and Ulster) at different stages of her career. She was named in the World All Star team in 1953 and 1959.[1] She was also a competitor in tennis, swimming, sailing and cricket and now works as a coach . She is chair of Coaching NI. In 2006, she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv) from the University of Ulster.[1]
Kyle was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Coaching Awards in London in recognition of her work with athletes at the Ballymena and Antrim Athletics Club. Earlier in 2006 she was one of 10 players who were initially installed into Irish hockey's Hall of Fame.[2] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
Athletics international competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | ||||||
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1956 | Summer Olympics | Melbourne, Australia | 100m | 12.3 | |||||||
200m | 26.4 | ||||||||||
1960 | Summer Olympics | Rome, Italy | 100m | 12.59 | |||||||
200m | 25.06 | ||||||||||
1962 | European Championships | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | 6th | 400m | 57.5 | ||||||
800m | 2:13.0 NR | ||||||||||
1964 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 400m | semi-finals 55.3 | |||||||
800m | semi-finals (2:11.3) | ||||||||||
1966 | European Indoor Athletics Championships | Dortmund, Germany | 3rd | 400m | 57.3 | ||||||
European Athletics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 400m | 55.4 | ||||||||
800m | 2:13.2 |
References
- ^ a b "UU honours Olympian Maeve Kyle". University of Ulster News Release. 2006-07-05. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "Kyle receives Lifetime award". BBC Sport - Athletics. 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
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- 1928 births
- Living people
- Irish female field hockey players
- Olympic athletes of Ireland
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from County Kilkenny
- People educated at Kilkenny College
- Irish female sprinters
- Irish female middle-distance runners
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- Alumni of Trinity College, Dublin
- People educated at Alexandra College
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