Timara Chapman

Timara Chapman

Personal information
Born	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 25)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon
College team	North Carolina State University Texas A&M University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Heptathlon: 6339 (Eugene, 2024) Pentathlon: 4603 (Indianapolis, 2026)

Timara Chapman (born 9 May 2000) is an American multi-event athlete. She was the 2024 NCAA champion in the heptathlon and the American indoors pentathlon champion in 2025. ^[1]

Early life

She is from Raleigh, North Carolina, where she attended Leesville Road High School. In 2018, she set a North Carolina Heptathlon State Record in finishing runner-up at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals, with a score of 5014 points ^[2]

Career

Competing for Texas A&M University, she won the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships heptathlon title in 2024, ahead of double NCAA pentathlon champion Jadin O'Brien. ^{[3] [4]} She finished eighth in the heptathlon at the US Olympic Trials in June 2024. ^[5]

She won the pentathlon on the opening day of the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, with a tally of 4555 points. ^{[6] [7]} She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025. ^[8]

In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^{[9] [10]} She placed tenth overall in the season-long World Athletics Combined Events Tour for 2025. ^[11]

Chapman scored a personal best 4603 points for the pentathlon at the 2026 USATF Combined Events Championships on 22 February, finishing behind Anna Hall. ^[12]

References

1. "Timara Chapman". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
2. Creasy, Jason (June 21, 2018). "Timara Chapman Claims Heptathlon State Record". Mile Split. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
3. "2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results". Runnersworld. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
4. "Florida men, Arkansas women win 2024 DI outdoor track and field championships". ncaa. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
5. "U.S. Olympic Track And Field Trials Results Day 4". Flotrack. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
6. "TIMARA CHAPMAN 1ST PLACE WOMEN'S PENTATHLON - USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". Runnerspace. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
7. "Chapman Wins Pentathlon Title on Opening Day of USATF Indoor Championships". 23 February 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
8. Hall, Dan (14 March 2025). "USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
9. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
10. "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
11. "World Athletics Combined Events Tour Standings". World Athletics. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
12. "HALL, MCMORRIS CAPTURE COMBINED EVENT CROWN". usatf.org. 22 Feb 2026. Retrieved 22 Feb 2026.