Charity Hufnagel
Hufnagel at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | Charity Griffith 18 June 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | High Jump, Heptathlon, Pentathlon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.96 (Madrid, 2026) Heptathlon: 5914 (Gainesville, 2024) Pentathlon: 4218 (Fayetteville, 2024) |
Charity Hufnagel (née Griffith) (born 18 June 2001) is an American high jumper and multi-event athlete. She won the high jump at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. She represented the United States at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, placing fifth in the high jump.[1]
Early life
Hufnagel 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 high jump at the 2024 United States Olympic trials with a clearance of 1.94 metres.[10][11]
Hufnagel was runner-up in the high jump at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a jump of 1.94 metres.[12] She was subsequently selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, placing fifth with a clearance of 1.92 metres.[13][14] In August, she placed fourth at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a best clearance of 1.88 metres.[15]
In February 2026, Hufnagel set a new personal best of 1.96 metres to win on the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Madrid, Spain.[16] Later that month, she won the high jump at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships defeating nine-time defending champion Vashti Cunningham with a jump of 1.96 metres.[17] She was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[18]
Personal life
She married Noah Hufnagel in July 2023, and took on the surname Hufnagel.[2]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "USA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 28 Feb 2026.
- ^ Hall, Dan (14 March 2025). "USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 28 Feb 2026.
- ^ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 28 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Madrid Indoor thrills: Attaoui attacks world record, breaks European mark as world leads fall". Watch Athletics. 6 Feb 2026. Retrieved 28 Feb 2026.
- ^ "2026 TRIO OF AMERICAN RECORDS ON FIRST DAY OF USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. 28 Feb 2026. Retrieved 28 Feb 2026.
- ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 13, 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.