Riker Hylton (born 13 December 1988) is a

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n sprinter, competing in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. Riker Hylton won a bronze medal as part of the Jamaican team in the

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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 the ...

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. He also ran in the

, where he was eliminated in the semi-finals Hylton did not make the individual 400m Jamaican team for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, but did compete in the

, running the second leg in the heats before

Jermaine Gonzales Jermaine Gonzales (born 26 November 1984) is a retired Jamaican 400 metres runner. He was 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 Athletes 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 athletes for Jamaica Essex County College alumni LSU Tigers track and field athletes 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub