| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 15 March 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:06.17 (2024) 3000m 8:48.95 (2024) 5000m 15:19.81 (2024) |
Medal record | |
Cari Hughes (born 15 March 1999) is a Welsh distance and cross country runner. [1]
A member of the Swansea Harriers, in 2017 she won the Welsh Schools title, Welsh Junior title and represented Great Britain in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and European Cross-Country Championships. In 2018, she broke the Welsh Junior 1500m record in the summer of 2018, running a new lifetime best of 4:17.51 at the BMC Stretford Grand Prix. That year she became the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 1500m champion, running for Loughborough University. She won Junior Female Endurance Athlete of the Year at the 2018 Welsh Athletics Awards. [2]
She won a bronze medal with the British U23 team at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. [3] She was a member of the British senior team at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, placing 22nd individually. [4]
She won the 800 metres and finished second in the 1500 metres representing Ynys Môn at the 2023 Island Games in Guernsey. [5] [6]
She finished behind Megan Davies but ahead of 2020 Olympic Games finalist Alexandra Bell at the Armagh 5km road race in February 2024. [7] In November 2024, she was the second British woman to finish the Cardiff Cross Challenge, part of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, behind Kate Axford. [8] She finished as runner-up to Axford at the Liverpool Cross Challenge on 23 November 2024, an event which doubled-up as the British trials for the Euro Cross Championships. [9] [10] She was subsequently selected for the British team for the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [11]
From Welshpool, her brother Iola Hughes is also a runner. [12]
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