Charity Hufnagel

Charity Hufnagel (nee Griffith) (born 18 June 2001) is an American high jumper and multi-event athlete.[1]

Charity Hufnagel
Hufnagel at the 2024 United States Olympic trials
Personal information
Birth nameCharity Griffith
NationalityAmerican
Born (2001-06-18) 18 June 2001
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)High Jump, Heptathlon, Pentathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump: 1.94 (Eugene, 2024)
Heptathlon: 5914 (Gainesville, 2024)

Early life

She attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana before transferring to the University of Kentucky.[2]

Career

Competing 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

After marrying in July 2023, she took on the surname Hufnagel.[2]

References
  1. "Charity Hufnagel". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. "Kulichenko Rules the East". Vocal.Media. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  3. "Charity Griffith earns First Team All-American honors". ballstatesports. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  4. "Ball State Sports Roundup: MAC Indoor Championships and gymnastics keeps winning". Indianapublicradio. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. "Ball State high jumper Charity Griffith wins NCAA championship". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  6. Battaglia, Joe (11 June 2023). "Charity Griffith Of Ball State Sets New Personal-Best To Win NCAA High Jump". flotrack. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  7. "NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. "CHARITY HUFNAGEL CHAMPION WOMEN'S PENTATHLON - SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Runnerspace. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  9. "CHARITY HUFNAGEL 2ND PLACE WOMEN'S HEPTATHLON - SEC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Runnerspace. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  10. "Hufnagel edges Glenn, Cunningham in high jump". nbcsporte. June 24, 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  11. "CHARITY HUFNAGEL CHAMPION WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP - U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS 2024". Dyestat. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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