Brigitte Foster-Hylton
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Nationality | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica |
7 November 1974 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brigitte Foster-Hylton O.D (born 7 November 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[clarification needed]. Having improved greatly, she finished 8th at the 2000 Olympics. In Athens 2004 she pulled out of the semi finals.
Foster-Hylton won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships.
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing Foster-Hylton finished 6th in the final, but was only two-hundredths of a second behind the silver medallist.
Foster-Hylton's greatest achievement came in 2009 when she became World Champion at 100 metres hurdles at the World Championships in Berlin. She had previously won the 100 metres hurdles titles at both the Pan American Games (in 2003) and the Commonwealth Games (in 2006).
She is married to the group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica, Patrick Hylton, since 2005.[1][2][3]
Personal bests
- 100 metres : 11.17 (2003)
- 100 metres hurdles : 12.45 (2003)
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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1999 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | 100 m hurdles |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 8th | 100 m hurdles |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | semi-finals | 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 | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | semi-finals | 100 m hurdles |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 100 m hurdles |
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 1st | 100 m hurdles |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 6th | 100 m hurdles |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 100 m hurdles |
2009 | IAAF World Athletics Final | Thesaloniki, Greek | 1st | 100 m hurdles |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | semi-finals | 100 m hurdles |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, England | heats | 100 m hurdles |
References
External links
- Brigitte Foster-Hylton profile at IAAF
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Preceded by | Jamaica Sportswoman of the Year 2002 — 2003 |
Succeeded by Veronica Campbell |
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Preceded by | Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2003 |
Succeeded by Joanna Hayes |
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Jamaican hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- People from Saint Elizabeth Parish
- Jamaican sportswomen
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
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