Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton, née Brigitte Ann Foster, (born 7 November 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican 100 m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100 m hurdles in 2009.
Foster competed for the Texas State Bobcats track and field team in the NCAA.
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 Patrick Hylton, the group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica, since 2005.
Personal bests 100 metres : 11.17 (2003) 100 metres hurdles : 12.45 (2003)
International competitions 1999Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados 2nd100 m hurdles2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia 8th100 m hurdles2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada semi-finals100 m hurdles2002IAAF World CupMadrid, Spain 2nd100 m hurdles2003World ChampionshipsParis, France 2nd100 m hurdlesPan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st100 m hurdles2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece semi-finals100 m hurdles2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 3rd100 m hurdles2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia 1st100 m hurdles2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China 6th100 m hurdles2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany 1st100 m hurdles2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea semi-finals100 m hurdles2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom heats100 m hurdles
Circuit finals 2002IAAF Grand Prix FinalParis, France 2nd100 m hurdles2009IAAF World Athletics FinalThessaloniki, Greece 1st100 m hurdles
Personal life Foster- Hylton is married to Jamaican banker, the group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Patrick Hylton. In 2016 she gave birth to a son.
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