Chari Hawkins

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.

Chari Hawkins
Hawkins (right) at the 2019 Hypo-Meeting
Personal information
Full nameChari Wanda Hawkins
Born (1991-05-21) May 21, 1991
EducationUtah State University[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Heptathlon
College teamUtah State Aggies

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

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
  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. "World Athletics Combined Events Tour | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.


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