Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton (born 7 November 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a....
Brigitte Foster-Hylton
Jamaican hurdler
Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton (born 7 November 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican100m hurdler.
She was the World Champion over 100m hurdles in 2009.
Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton is a Jamaican 100m hurdler.
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.
7 November 1974 in?, Saint Elizabeth (JAM) · 170 cm / 62 kg · MVP Track & Field Club, Kingston (JAM) · Jamaica.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