Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Brigitte Foster-Hylton
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Foster-Hylton (at left)
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1974-11-07) 7 November 1974 (age 47)
Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)100 m hurdles

Brigitte Foster-Hylton OD (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 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 the group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica, Patrick Hylton, since 2005.

Personal bests

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final Paris, France 2nd 100 m hurdles
2009 IAAF World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 1st 100 m hurdles

Personal life

Foster- Hylton is married to Jamaican banker Patrick Hylton. In 2016 she gave birth to a son.


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