Chari Hawkins

Chari Hawkins

Hawkins (right) at the 2019 Hypo-Meeting
Personal information
Full name	Chari Wanda Hawkins
Born	(1991-05-21) May 21, 1991 Rexburg, Idaho, United States
Education	Utah State University
Employer	Brooks
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Heptathlon, Pentathlon
College team	Utah State Aggies
Turned pro	2015
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	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.

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.

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.

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.

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

• 200 metres – 24.05 (-0.2 m/s, Eugene 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)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 2:22.08 (Crete 2016)
• 60 metres hurdles – 8.16 (Glasgow 2024)
• High jump – 1.84 (Spokane 2022)
• Long jump – 6.10 (Albuquerque 2023)
• Shot put – 14.02 (Beograd 2022)
• Pentathlon – 4492 (Spokane 2022)

External links

• Chari Hawkins at www.USATF.org