| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 30 August 2006 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400m: 51.68 (Tampere, 2025) |
Medal record | |
Charlotte Henrich (born 30 August 2006) is a British sprinter who competes primarily over 400 metres. [1]
Henrich was born in France, moving to the United Kingdom at the age of five years-old. [2] She attended Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School in Canterbury, Kent. [3] [4]
She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem at the age of 15 years-old. [3] She won silver medals in both the individual 400 metres and in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Trinidad and Tobago. [5]
She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, placing seventh in the final of the 400 metres. [6] [7] Later in the championships, she won the bronze medal with the British team in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay. [8] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [9]
She set an indoor 400m personal best of 53.94 in February 2025 whilst running in Lee Valley, London. [10] In June 2025, she ran 52.10 seconds for the 400 metres in Regensburg, Germany, before later setting a meeting record of 52.56 to win the U20 Gala in Mannheim. [11] [12] In July 2025, she won the title over 400 metres at the England U20 Championships in Birmingham. [13] That month, she lowered her personal best to 51.95 seconds at the London Olympic Stadium at the 2025 London Athletics Meet. She won the gold medal for the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland in a new personal best of 51.68 seconds, having also ran the fastest qualifying times of all the competitors in the heats, and across the semi-finals. [14] [15]
She has dyslexia, and has worked to raise Dyslexia Awareness. [2] [16]
