Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Brigitte Foster-Hylton
Personal information
Nationality  Jamaica
Born November 7, 1974 (1974-11-07) (age 37)
Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 m hurdles

Brigitte Foster-Hylton O.D (born November 7, 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican 100m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100m hurdles in 2009.

Like fellow Jamaican hurdler Delloreen Ennis-London she was not a successful hurdler until 2000, when she lowered her personal best by 65/100. Having improved greatly, she finished 8th at the 2000 Olympics. In Athens 2004 she pulled out of the semi finals.

Foster-Hylton won the bronze medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2005 World Championships.

She is married to Group Managing Director Of National Commercial Bank, Jamaica Patrick Hylton.

Personal bests

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 2nd 100 m hurdles
2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final Paris, France 2nd 100 m hurdles
IAAF World Cup Madrid, Spain 2nd 100 m hurdles
2003 World Championships Paris, France 2nd 100 m hurdles
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican R. 1st 100 m hurdles
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 100 m hurdles
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 1st 100 m hurdles
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 100 m hurdles
2009 IAAF World Athletics Final Thesaloniki, Greek 1st 100 m hurdles

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Awards
Preceded by
Lorraine Fenton
Jamaica Sportswoman of the Year
2002 — 2003
Succeeded by
Veronica Campbell
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Gail Devers
Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance
2003
Succeeded by
Joanna Hayes