Maeve Kyle

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. She won four gold medalsa in W45 Category in World Masters Championship in Gotenberg in the 100m, 400m, high jump and long jump. She held World Masters records at W40 for the 100m (12:00 secs) and 400m (55.30 secs) and W45 100m (12.50 secs) and W50 long jump at 5.04m.

Maeve Kyle
OBE

Personal information
Born	6 October 1928 County Kilkenny
Sport
Country	Ireland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100, 200, 400 800 meters
Medal record European Indoor Championships 1966 Dortmund 400m

Maeve Kyle

Personal information
Born	6 October 1928 Ireland

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 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. 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
Representing  Ireland
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

1. "UU honours Olympian Maeve Kyle". University of Ulster News Release. 5 July 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
2. "Kyle receives Lifetime award". BBC Sport - Athletics. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2007.

External links

• Maeve Kyle
• Ballymena & Antrim Athletics Club
• Kyle named OBE