Name: Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Date of birth: November 7, 1974

Place of birth: St Elizabeth, Jamaica

Event: 100m hurdles

Personal best: 12.45 seconds (NR)

Season best: 12.64 seconds

Best performances: Two-time IAAF World Championships medallist: silver at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France; bronze medal winner at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Gold medal winner at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. Gold medal winner at the 2003 Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Foster-Hylton, Jamaica's national 100m hurdles record holder since 2003, is arguably the country's best sprint hurdler. The consistent Foster-Hylton, has ran 53 legal races under 12.70. However, injuries in the past three seasons have hampered her preparation for major meets. Foster-Hylton, who opened her season with a 13.11 second-place run in Melbourne, Australia, in March did not run again until June 7 at the Prefontaine meet in Eugene. Her season best, 12.64, was registered in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 7.