The Most Famous
ATHLETES from British Virgin Islands
This page contains a list of the greatest Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, NaN of which were born in British Virgin Islands. This makes British Virgin Islands the birth place of the 0th most number of Athletes.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Athletes of all time. This list of famous Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kyron McMaster (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 24.02, Kyron McMaster is the most famous Athlete. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Kyron Anthony McMaster (born 3 January 1997) is an athlete from the British Virgin Islands specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships, where he finished in the top three in his heat but was disqualified for lane infringement. Earlier, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships. His personal best in the event is 47.08 seconds, set in finishing fourth in the final of the 2020 Olympic Games 400m hurdles, on August 3, 2021. This is the current national record. His coach, Xavier "Dag" Samuels died on September 9, 2017, during Hurricane Irma. McMaster won the British Virgin Islands' first ever Commonwealth Games medal (a gold) in the 400 m hurdles in 2018 and followed up with another gold at the Commonwealth Games winning at Birmingham 2022 in the same event. McMaster finished second at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, earning a silver medal. This was the British Virgin Islands' first ever medal at the Championships. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to sport in the British Virgin Islands.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as athletes born between 1997 and 1997. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living athletes include Kyron McMaster. As of April 2024, 1 new athletes have been added to Pantheon including Kyron McMaster.
