American athlete (born 2001)
Charity Hufnagel
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| Birth name | Charity Griffith |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Born | (2001-06-18) 18 June 2001 (age 23) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Event(s) | High Jump, Heptathlon, Pentathlon |
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| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.94 (Eugene, 2024)
Heptathlon: 5914 (Gainesville, 2024) |
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Charity Hufnagel (nee Griffith) (born 18 June 2001) is an American high jumper and multi-event athlete.[1]
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
