Brigitte Foster-Hylton

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Date of Birth: 7 November 1974
Age: 37
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 62 kg
Discipline: Track and Field
Club/Team: MVP Track Club
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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.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

100 m hurdles World Champion 2009
100 m hurdles World Championships Silver Medallist 2003
100 m hurdles World Championships Bronze Medallist 2005

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PERSONAL BESTS

EVENT	TIME	PLACE	DATE
55M Indoor	7.84	Fayetteville	7 Mar 1998
60M Indoor	7.32	Budapest	5 Mar 2004
60M Hurdles Indoor	7.96	Birmingham	16 Mar 2003
100M Outdoor	11.17	La Habana	31 May 2003
100M Hurdles Outdoor	12.45	Eugene OR	24 May 2003
200M Indoor	24.63	Fort Worth TX	21 Feb 1998
200M Outdoor	23.51	Abilene TX	7 May 1998
400M Outdoor	53.81	Kingston	17 Feb 2007

PHOTOS

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VIDEO

World Champs 2009 Women’s 100m Hurdles Final

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