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

, 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 {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub