Riker Hylton (born 13 December 1988) is a
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
n
sprinter, competing in the
400 metres.
Riker Hylton won a bronze medal as part of the
Jamaican team in the
4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...
at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011.
The United States topped the medal standings in th ...
in
Daegu. He also ran in the
400 metres, where he was eliminated in the semi-finals
Hylton did not make the individual 400m
Jamaican team for the
2012 Summer Olympics, but did compete in the
4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...
, running the second leg in the heats before
Jermaine Gonzales
Jermaine Gonzales (born 26 November 1984) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He is currently being coached by Glen Mills and Bertland Cameron.
He had a successful start to international athletics in the young age categories, taking the 400 ...
pulled up injured.
In 2017, he was charged with evading a doping test by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission ("JADCO"). He was cleared of any wrongdoing by Jamaica's Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel. The Panel was not "comfortably satisfied" that Hylton had been properly notified by JADCO. Hylton was represented by noted sports attorney Dr. Emir Crowne.
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1988 births
Living people
People from Saint Catherine Parish
Jamaican male sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Jamaica
World Athletics Championships medalists
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
Essex County College alumni
LSU Tigers track and field athletes
20th-century Jamaican people
21st-century Jamaican people
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