Charity Hufnagel (nee Griffith) (born 18 June 2001) is an American high jumper and multi-event athlete.[1]
 Hufnagel at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Charity Griffith |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | 18 June 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | High Jump, Heptathlon, Pentathlon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.94 (Eugene, 2024) Heptathlon: 5914 (Gainesville, 2024) |
Early life
editShe attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana before transferring to the University of Kentucky.[2]
Career
editCompeting as Charity Griffith in 2022, she finished fifth in the NCAA Outdoor Championship high jump competition.[3]
In 2023, she was named the Most Valuable Performer of the 2023 Mid-American Conference Indoor track Championships and won titles in the pentathlon and the high jump.[4] In June 2023, she won the high jump competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championship held in Austin, Texas.[5] To do so, she set a new personal best height of 1.93m to upset defending champion and 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lamara Distin.[6][7]
She won the pentathlon at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas in February 2024.[8]
She finished second in the heptathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championships in May 2024, with a personal best tally of 5914 points, in Gainesville, Florida.[9]
She won the 2024 United States Olympic trials with a clearance of 1.94 metres.[10][11]
Personal life
editAfter marrying in July 2023, she took on the surname Hufnagel.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Charity Hufnagel". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Kulichenko Rules the East". Vocal.Media. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Charity Griffith earns First Team All-American honors". ballstatesports. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ball State Sports Roundup: MAC Indoor Championships and gymnastics keeps winning". Indianapublicradio. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ball State high jumper Charity Griffith wins NCAA championship". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Battaglia, Joe (11 June 2023). "Charity Griffith Of Ball State Sets New Personal-Best To Win NCAA High Jump". flotrack. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "CHARITY HUFNAGEL CHAMPION WOMEN'S PENTATHLON - SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Runnerspace. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "CHARITY HUFNAGEL 2ND PLACE WOMEN'S HEPTATHLON - SEC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Runnerspace. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Hufnagel edges Glenn, Cunningham in high jump". nbcsporte. June 24, 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "CHARITY HUFNAGEL CHAMPION WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP - U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS 2024". Dyestat. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.