Flora Hyacinth

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Flora Hyacinth (born 10 March 1966) is a retired athlete from the United States Virgin Islands who specialized in the long jump. Earlier in her career she also competed internationally in triple jump and hurdles. After pursuing her athletic career, Flora Hyacinth went on to pursue a career as a Chiropractor. She currently practices in San Diego, Ca. Dr. Hyacinth, after 8 years of retirement, has returned to her first love of track and field and is training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Good Luck

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1986	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago, Dom. Rep.	1st	400 m hurdles[1]
			3rd	Long jump[1]
1992	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	5th	Long jump
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	12th	Triple jump
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	Long jump[1]
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	8th	Long jump

[edit] Personal bests

• 400 metres - 54.70 s (1985)
• 100 metres hurdles - 13.33 s (1987)
• 400 metres hurdles - 57.55 s (1986)
• Long jump - 6.72 m (1998)
• Triple jump - 13.73 m (1987)

[edit] References

IAAF profile for Flora Hyacinth

1. ^ ^{a b c} Central American and Caribbean Games (Women) - GBR Athletics

Records
Preceded by Wendy Brown	Women's Triple Jump World Record Holder Not officially ratified by the IAAF 1987-05-17 – 1987-06-06	Succeeded by Sheila Hudson