Chari Hawkins

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Chari Hawkins
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Hawkins in 2024
Personal information
Full nameChari Wanda Hawkins
Born (1991-05-21) May 21, 1991 (age 33)
Rexburg, Idaho, United States
Education
Employer Brooks
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Heptathlon, Pentathlon
College team
Turned pro2015
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Chari Wanda Hawkins (born May 21, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who competes in combined events. She won the 2022 U.S. Indoor Pentathlon title and has represented the U.S. in the heptathlon at the 2019 World Championships, finishing 12th, and at the 2023 World Championships, finishing 8th. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Hawkins is from Rexburg, Idaho. She attended Madison High School. She studied family consumer science at Utah State. On a Santander scholarship, she completed a Master of Arts in International Education and Globalisation at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom in 2018. [5]

Athletics career

University

Utah State

After leaving high school in 2010, Hawkins joined the Utah State University Aggies track and field, where she would compete from 2011 to 2015.

While at Utah State, she qualified for three NCAA Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon placing 11th in 2013, 9th in 2014, and 14th in 2015. She also competed at two NCAA Indoor Championships in the pentathlon, placing 14th in 2014 and 9th in 2015.

Bath

While pursuing her Masters degree, Hawkins represented TeamBath in British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions, winning long jump gold and 100m hurdles silver. She broke a 30-year record when she won the heptathlon title at the 2018 England Athletics Combined Events Championships. [2]

Professional

Hawkins (right) at the 2019 Hypo-Meeting GOTZ0028 100mH arndt hawkins (48038887616).jpg
Hawkins (right) at the 2019 Hypo-Meeting

2016

In April 2016, Hawkins set a heptathlon personal best of 5878 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California. [6] Later that year, she competed at the US Olympic Trials, placing 15th. [7]

2019

With a third place finish of 6230 at the 2019 USATF Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, [8] Hawkins qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where she would go on to place 12th. [9]

2022

At the 2022 USATF Indoor Championships, she won her first national title, setting a Pentathlon personal best of 4492 and qualifying for the World Indoor Championships. At World Indoors in Belgrade, she recorded a no mark in the long jump and did not complete the pentathlon. [10] In June, she earned recognition by USATF for Athlete of the Week for her first-place finish in the heptathlon at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold event held in Arona, Spain where she achieved a personal best with 6,243 points. [11]

2023

In 2023, she made her return to the global championships with an 8th place finish in the Heptathlon at the World Championships in Budapest. [12] [13] [14]

2024

In March 2024, Hawkins placed 7th at the World Indoor Championships. [15] At the US Olympic Trials she achieved a personal best in three events, and a new overall best score of 6,456 points, to place 2nd. [16] [17] [18]

During the second event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the High jump, Hawkins failed to clear her first height of 1.71 metres, and scored zero points, putting her out of contention for a Heptathlon medal. [19] She ended up finishing 21st, which was last of all the athletes who completed the seven events. [20]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 4thHeptathlon 5707 pts
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 12thHeptathlon 6073 pts
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade Serbia Pentathlon DNF
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary8thHeptathlon 6366 pts
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland7thPentathlon 4388 pts
Olympic Games Paris, France21stHeptathlon 5255 pts

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

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