Calli Thackery
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Calli Thackery |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 9 January 1993 Yorkshire, England |
| Home town | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Sport | |
| Country | England |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, marathon |
| University team | New Mexico Lobos |
| Club | Melbourne Track Club Hallamshire Harriers |
| Turned pro | 2017 |
| Partner | Nick Hauger |
Calli Hauger-Thackery (born 9 January 1993) is an English international athlete.[1] She has been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics and represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] Her father Carl Thackery was a team GB runner in the 1980's and 90's.
Biography[edit]
Calli Thackery won the 3000-meter run indoors at the 2012 British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships. After winning the 2012 BUCS, she was recruited to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Thackery was educated at the University of New Mexico and in June 2022 recorded a personal best of 15:06.26 for the 5,000 metres placing her 17th on the all-time UK list.[3] She relocated to Australia at the end of 2019 to train out of Melbourne Track Club and trains out of the Hallamshire Harriers in the United Kingdom.[4]
In 2022, she was selected for the women's 5,000 metres event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[1][3]
She is married to American marathon runner Nick Hauger. [5]
In February 2024, Calli Hauger-Thackery of Sheffield, England who was selected to race the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics marathon in the colours of Great Britain for UK Athletics, heads to the French capital, (Paris).[6] Callie qualified in her 1st marathon after winning the McKirdy Micro On the Cusp Marathon in Valley Cottage, New York on 14 October 2023 in 2:22:17.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Calli Thackery". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Australian move pays off for Calli Thackery". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Nick Hauger Hoka ONE ONE Northern Arizona Elite Profile
- ^ Charlotte Purdue and Calli Hauger-Thackery to represent Team GB in the Olympic Marathon Women's Running United Kingdom
- ^ Calli Hauger-Thackery: Sheffield runner qualifies for Olympics after ONE marathon. MSN The Yorkshire Post
External Links[edit]
- Calli Thackery on Instagram
- Calli Hauger-Thackery profile Power of 10
- MARATHON TALK EPISODE 28: CALLI THACKERY World Marathon Majors podcast
- Calli Hauger-Thackery University of New Mexico profile TFRRS
- Calli Hauger-Thackery profile University of New Mexico
- Calli Thackery at World Athletics
- Calli Hauger-Thackery profile Diamond League
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