Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaica
Born	7 November 1974 (1974-11-07) Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 m hurdles
Medal record Competitor for Jamaica Women's athletics World Championships Gold 2009 Berlin 100 m hurdles Silver 2003 Paris 100 m hurdles Bronze 2005 Helsinki 100 m hurdles Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics Gold 1999 Bridgetown 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne 100 m hurdles Pan American Games Gold 2003 San Domingo 100 m hurdles World Athletics Final Gold 2009 Thesaloniki 100 metres hurdles Continental Cup Silver 2002 Madrid 100 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) Gold 1993 Fort-de-France 100m hurdles Bronze 1992 Nassau 100m hurdles

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. 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

• 100 metres : 11.17 (2003)
• 100 metres hurdles : 12.45 (2003)

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

External links

• IAAF profile for Brigitte Foster-Hylton

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