Anthaya Charlton

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Anthaya Charlton
Personal information
Born (2003-07-28) 28 July 2003 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 6.98m (Fayetteville, 2025) NR

Anthaya Charlton (born 28 July 2003) is a Bahamian long jumper. In 2024, she became national champion and in 2025 set an outright national record. [1]

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Career

In June 2024, she became Bahamian national champion with a long jump of 5.99 metres. [2]

Competing for the University of Florida, she set a Bahamian long jump record of 6.98m at the Razorback Invitational on 31 January 2025 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, breaking the previous national record of 6.82m which belonged to Daphne Saunders from 1994. [3] The mark was also placed her the second in the all-time list of the women’s NCAA indoor long jump, surpassing the previous faculty record of 6.93m set by American 2024 Olympian champion Tara Davis-Woodhall in 2021, and behind only Jasmine Moore. [4] [5]

She ran a personal best 7.24 seconds for the 60 metres at the SEC Indoor Championships in February 2025. [6]

She finished sixth in the long jump on her global competition debut at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China on 23 March 2025, with a best jump of 6.57 metres. [7]

She ran 11.12 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville, Florida ahead of Tima Godbless on 19 April 2025. [8] The following month she won the long jump and finished third in the 100 metres at the SEC Championships. [9]

Personal life

Her sister is fellow athlete Devynne Charlton. [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Anthaya Charlton". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Bahamian Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Sweeting, Tenjah (5 Feb 2025). "Anthaya Charlton named as Athlete of the Week". Tribune242. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Chakrabarty, Prasun (1 Feb 2025). "Who Is Anthaya Charlton? 21-Year-Old Younger Sister of 2x Olympian Devynne Charlton". Essentially Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Jacks, Bradley (1 Feb 2025). "Bahamian Florida senior Anthaya Charlton produces personal best and world leading 6.98m to take long jump win at Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville". SportsMax. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Perez, Kevin (March 1, 2025). "Action Heating Up At SEC Indoor Championships". wruf.com. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Charlton, Gittens-Spotsville fall short in Women's Long Jump final". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Jacks, Bradley (19 April 2025). "Wilson, Charlton and Maloney among winners on day two at Tom Jones Memorial". SportsMax. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Jacks, Bradley (17 May 2025). "Oklahoma's Mullings, Florida's Harris claim Discus, 100m hurdles titles on final day at SEC Championships". SportsMax. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "10 new stars who could shine at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25". World Athletics. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "The Charlton Sisters: Meet Bahamian track and field's record-breaking siblings". Pulse Sports. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
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