Kyle Cranston

Kyle Cranston

Personal information
Born	(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia [1]
Education	University of North Carolina Australian Catholic University
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
College team	University of North Carolina Tar Heels [2]
Coached by	John Quinn

Kyle Cranston (born 3 September 1992) is an Australian athlete competing in the combined events. ^[3] He won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In addition, he competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast finishing fifth.

His father Rod Cranston was a runner. ^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Australia
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	8th	Decathlon	7295 pts
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	Decathlon	7687 pts
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	5th	Decathlon	7734 pts

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.96 (+1.7 m/s, Gold Coast 2018)
• 200 metres – 23.72 (+1.8 m/s, Canberra 2010)
• 400 metres – 48.99 (Taipei 2017)
• 1500 metres – 4:31.91 (Gold Coast 2018)
• 110 metres hurdles – 14.74 (+0.2 m/s, Sydney 2016)
• High jump – 1.99 (Canberra 2017)
• Pole vault – 4.60 (Brisbane 2015)
• Long jump – 7.26 (+0.6 m/s, Gold Coast 2018)
• Shot put – 13.76 (Taipei 2017)
• Discus throw – 45.96 (Sydney 2016)
• Javelin throw – 62.36 (Gold Coast 2018)
• Decathlon – 7786 (Gold Coast 2018)

References

1. "2018 CWG bio". Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
2. "College team bio". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
3. Kyle Cranston at World Athletics

External links

• Kyle Cranston at World Athletics
• Kyle Cranston at Athletics Australia (archived)
• Kyle Cranston at Australian Athletics Historical Results
• Kyle Cranston at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Kyle Cranston at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)