Chari Hawkins

American heptathlete

  • Heptathlon: 6366 (Budapest 2023)
  • Pentathlon: 4492 (Spokane 2022)
  • 100 m hurdles: 13.04 (Budapest 2023)

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.[2][3]

Athletics career

Utah State University

After graduating from Madison High School in her hometown of Rexburg, Idaho in 2010, Hawkins joined the Utah State University Aggies track and field, where she would compete form 2011 to 2015.

While at Utah State, she qualified for three NCAAA 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 thepentathlon, placing 14th in 2014 and 9th in 2015.

Professional

2016-17

In the pentathlon, she won a bronze medal at the 2016 USATF Indoor Championships, setting a personal best of 4225 points. In April 2016, Hawkins set a heptathlon personal best of 5878 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California. Later that year, she competed at the US Olympic Trials, placing 15th. The following year, she finished seventh at the 2017 USATF Championships.

2019

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

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 (NM) in the long jump and would not complete the Pentathlon.

Hawkins at the 2024 World Indoor Championships

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.[4]

2023

In 2023, she was signed as an Advocare athlete endorser and made her return to the global championships with an 8th place finish in the Heptathlon at the World Championships in Budapest.[5]

2024

In March 2024, Hawkins placed 7th at the World Indoor Championships and later announced via Instagram post that she was now sponsored by Brooks.[6]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  United States
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 4th Heptathlon 5707 pts
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 12th Heptathlon 6073 pts
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade Serbia Pentathlon DNF
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th Heptathlon 6366 pts
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 7th Pentathlon 4388 pts

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ^ "College bio". Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "USA Track & Field | Chari Hawkins". usatf.org. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  3. ^ Chari Hawkins at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "USA Track & Field | Hawkins' heptathlon win earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors". usatf.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "AdvoCare Signs Team USA Track & Field Member Chari Hawkins - Direct Selling News". www.directsellingnews.com. May 25, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "Excited to officially announce that I'm joining Team Brooks!". Instagram. March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "World Athletics Combined Events Tour | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

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