Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton (born 7 November 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican 100m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100m hurdles in 2009.
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| Nationality |  Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 November 1974 Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 eighth at the 2000 Olympics. At 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 sixth 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 has been married to Patrick Hylton, the group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica, since 2005.[1][2][3]
Personal bests
edit- 100 metres : 11.17 (2003)
- 100 metres hurdles : 12.45 (2003)
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | |
| Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 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 | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | semi-finals | 100 m hurdles | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | heats | 100 m hurdles |
Circuit finals
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2002 | IAAF Grand Prix Final | Paris, France | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | |
| 2009 | IAAF World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 1st | 100 m hurdles |
Personal life
editFoster- Hylton is married to Jamaican banker, the group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Patrick Hylton. In 2016 she gave birth to a son, a year before Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce gave birth to hers in 2017.[4]
References
edit- ^ Ellington, Barbara (10 July 2011). "One on One with Patrick Hylton". The Gleaner. Gleaner Company. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "NCB celebrates over 400 employees' Record Time". NCB Newsroom. NCB Jamaica. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Tatler.2005 Wrap". All Woman. Jamaica Observer. 9 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "It's a boy for Brigitte". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
