Brigitte Foster-Hylton

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.

Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Foster-Hylton (at left)
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaica
Born	7 November 1974 Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 m hurdles
Medal record Representing  Jamaica Women's athletics World Championships 2009 Berlin 100 m hurdles 2003 Paris 100 m hurdles 2005 Helsinki 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 100 m hurdles Pan American Games 2003 San Domingo 100 m hurdles Continental Cup 2002 Madrid 100 m hurdles

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 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.[1][2][3]

Personal bests

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

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.[4]

References

1. Ellington, Barbara (10 July 2011). "One on One with Patrick Hylton". The Gleaner. Gleaner Company. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
2. "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.
3. "Tatler.2005 Wrap". All Woman. Jamaica Observer. 9 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
4. "It's a boy for Brigitte". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

External links

• Brigitte Foster-Hylton at World Athletics