Brigitte took Courtney Walsh Award
16.10.2009
World 100 metres hurdles champion, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, collecting the 2009 Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence trophy from Prime Minister Bruce Golding at The Jamaica Pegasus on Wednesday night.
Jamaica (1) -- Analyses -- 2009
About Brigitte Foster-Hylton
16.10.2009
She won the award at a glitzy award ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus on Wednesday night to cap what she identified as the most successful season of her career.
The 34-year-old won gold in the 100 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, her first gold medal at a major meet, to join the illustrious list of sporting personalities
who have received the award. The past winners are former West Indies cricket captain Jimmy Adams, Olympic 400m hurdles gold medallist Deon Hemmings-McCatty, netballer Elaine Davis and cricketer Nehemiah Perry, who were all in attendance.
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