.jpg.webp) Hawkins (right) at the 2019 Hypo-Meeting | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Chari Wanda Hawkins |
| Born | May 21, 1991 |
| Education | Utah State University[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Heptathlon |
| College team | Utah State Aggies |
Chari Wanda Hawkins (born May 21, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who competes in combined events. She became the 2022 US National Pentathlon Champion with a gold medal performance at the USATF Indoor Championships in Spokane, Washington.[2] She represented the US in the heptathlon[3] at the 2019 World Championships in Doha finishing 12th overall, & at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest finishing 8th overall.
In 2022 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] In 2023, she was signed as an Advocare athlete endorser.[5]
Other career heptathlon highlights include capturing bronze at the 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, winning silver at the 2018 Pan American Combined Events, earning bronze at the 2017 Thorpe Cup and finishing fourth at the 2015 World University Games.
In the pentathlon event she won a bronze medal at the 2016 USATF Indoor Championships and finished fifth at the 2017 USATF Indoor Championships.
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 |
| 2022 | XI Meeting Internacional Pruebas Combinadas | Arona, Spain | 1st | Heptathlon | 6243 pts |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | Heptathlon | 6366 pts |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 metres – 24.05 (-0.2 m/s, Eugene OR, July 2023)
- 800 metres – 2:15.01 (Santa Barbara 2016)
- 100 metres hurdles – 13.04 (+0.4 m/s, Budapest 2023)
- High jump – 1.85 (Arona 2022)
- Long jump – 6.29 (+0.7 m/s, Long Beach 2019)
- Shot put – 14.40 (Budapest 2023)
- Javelin throw – 45.77 (Budapest 2023)
- Heptathlon – 6366 (Budapest 2023)[6]
Indoor
- 800 metres – 2:22.08 (Crete, NE, 2016)
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.17 (Albuquerque, NM Feb 2023)
- High jump – 1.84 (Spokane Feb 2022)
- Long jump – 6.10 (Albuquerque, NM Feb 2023)
- Shot put – 14.02 (Beograd, SRB Mar 2022)
- Pentathlon – 4492 (Spokane Feb 2022)
References
- ↑ "College bio". Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ "USA Track & Field | Chari Hawkins". usatf.org. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ↑ Chari Hawkins at World Athletics
- ↑ "USA Track & Field | Hawkins' heptathlon win earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors". usatf.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ↑ "AdvoCare Signs Team USA Track & Field Member Chari Hawkins - Direct Selling News". www.directsellingnews.com. May 25, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ↑ "World Athletics Combined Events Tour | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
External links
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