Kyle vander kuyp biography books
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Olympian Kyle Vander Kuyp shares his story to mark National Sorry Day
'I'm Aboriginal, I'm Australian, I'm proud to be both. And I've even got some Irish in me, so I'm proud of that too.'
Kyle Vander Kuyp is an Australian athletic champion and a descendent of the Yuin clan of south coast New South Wales and the Worimi of north coast New South Wales. Kyle gave a moving presentation to Brotherhood staff on 26 May to mark National Sorry Day, an Australia-wide observance which acknowledges the nation's Stolen Generations. He spoke about the challenges he faced on his way to becoming a world-class athlete, and the sense of accomplishment in achieving several career milestones – competing at the and Olympic Games, as well as the , , and Commonwealth Games. He still holds the Australian record for the m hurdles. 'It was a dream come true to make an Olympic final,' he said. During audience question time, those gathered were particularly interested in an inside perspective of life in the•
Don't call them disadvantaged: Successful Australians redefining what it is to be Indigenous
Historian Tony Judt was big on challenging conventional wisdom. He warned of the dangers of "received wisdom": those things we accept as truth and cease questioning.
I recalled his words just this week as I was confronted with the received wisdom of views about Indigenous people.
I was at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. Before me was a room full of some of the most successful people in Australia and they were Indigenous. Yes, Indigenous.
I looked out and there was Kyle Vander Kuyp, an Olympic hurdler. In the middle of the room was Mark Ella, in some minds the greatest rugby union player in the history of the game and a former captain of the Wallabies.
Aden Ridgeway was there, former Democrats senator. There were lawyers, doctors, university professors.
In one room was probably the single largest collection of Indigenous millionaires ever assembled in one r
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Kyle Vander-Kuyp
Kyle Vander-Kuyp (b. ) is a Worimi and Yuin man and Australia's greatest ever m hurdler. Adopted when he was five weeks old, he reconnected with his biological mother and siblings in That year he suffered depression and reached out to Beyond Blue, for which he is now an ambassador. After joining Little friidrott as a child, Vander-Kuyp turned to hurdles at age ten. In he set a new Australian record for the m hurdles, seconds, a record that still stands, going on to win twelve national titles in the event. He represented Australia at the Atlanta Olympics and in Sydney in , as well as four world championships and four Commonwealth Games. Following his retirement, Vander-Kuyp worked as a program manager for Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, an Indigenous mentor for AFL SportsReady and he fryst vatten on the board of Grow Hope. In he joined the Schiavello Group as Indigenous Engagement Manager, where he helps to increase Indigenous employment and participation in the c