Samuel Charig
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| Born | 21 November 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running, | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:46.18 (Watford, 2025) 1500m: 3:35.69 (Poznan, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Samuel Charig (born 21 November 2004) is a British middle-distance runner. He was the bronze medalist over 1500 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games and also placed third at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships over 1500 metres.[1]
Career
He is a member of City of Portsmouth athletics club.[2] In January 2020 as a junior athlete, he was runner-up to Henry McLuckie at the Hampshire U20 Cross Country Championships.[3]
He won the mile run at the 2024 Loughborough International with a personal best time of 4:09.25.[4]
Charig won the IFAM Outdoor Meet in Brussels in June 2025 and then produced a third personal best over 1500m in as many weeks running 3:37.21 at the BMC Grand Prix in Birmingham, the following week.[5] In July, he set a new personal best finishing second over 1500 metres at the Czesław Cybulski Memorial in Poland in 3:35.69.[6] The next week he lowered his 800 metres personal best to 1:46.18 at the British Milers Club Grand Prix in Watford.[7] He was named in the British team for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 1500 metres race.[8][9]
He finished third over 1500 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, finishing behind Elliot Giles and Neil Gourley.[10][11]
Personal life
Charig attended St Mary’s University, Twickenham.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Samuel Charig". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Two team runners-up places for City in Portsmouth AC in 75th staging of the Victory 5 mile race". Portsmouth.co.uk. 7 December 2021.
- ^ Carter, Simon (6 January 2020). "City of Portsmouth runner Samuel Charig agonisingly close to winning Hampshire Cross Country Championship title". Portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ^ "England triumph at Loughborough International". England Athletics. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Adams, Tim (10 June 2025). "JESS LARK IMPRESSES OVER 800M AT BMC GRAND PRIX IN BIRMINGHAM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Czesław Cybulski Memorial". World Athletics. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 7 Jan 2026.
- ^ "British Milers Club Grand Prix". World Athletics. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (3 August 2025). "MAX BURGIN POWERS TO 1:43.92 WIN OVER 800M AT UK CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "St Mary's Athletes Perform Well at British Athletics Cross Challenge". stmarys.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Charig charges to 1500m bronze". Bucs.org.uk. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.