Calli Thackery
Olympic English runner Calli Hauger-Thackery
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Calli Hauger-Thackery (born Calli Thackery, 9 January 1993) is an English international athlete.[1] She was bronze medalist in the women's half Marathon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, and a member of the gold medal winning team in the 2024 European Half-Marathon Cup, held at the same time.
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9 January 1993
Thackery in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | Calli Thackery 9 January 1993 |
| Home town | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Sport | |
| Country | England |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, marathon |
| University team | New Mexico Lobos |
| Club | Melbourne Track Club Hallamshire Harriers |
| Turned pro | 2017 |
| Partner | Nick Hauger |
Medal record | |
She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics and England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1][2]
Career
Hauger-Thackery finished fifth in the 5,000m at the 2015 European U23 Championships.[3]
In June 2022 she recorded a personal best of 15:06.26 for the 5,000 metres, placing her 17th on the all-time UK list.[3] Representing England, she came 10th in the 5,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[3][4] A few weeks later she finished sixth in the 5,000 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany.[4]
Competing in her first marathon, Hauger-Thackery won the McKirdy Micro Marathon in New York, on 14 October 2023, in a time of 2:22:17, achieving the Olympic qualifying standard in the process.[4][5]
In February 2024, she was named in the Great Britain marathon team for the Paris Olympics.[6][7]
At the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, Hauger-Thackery took part in the half-marathon, winning an individual bronze medal and gold in the team event.[8][9]
She represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics but did not finish the race.[10]
Calli Hauger-Thackery won the 2024 California International Marathon in a course record time of 2:24:28.[11][12][13]
Personal life
Hauger-Thackery was born in Yorkshire to mother Rachel, a county level sprinter, and father Carl Thackery, a professional long distance runner who placed third to lead Team GB to a bronze team medal at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[4] She was educated at the University of New Mexico, earned 6 NCAA Division I All-American awards[3][4] and is married to American marathon runner Nick Hauger.[14] Calli Thackery helped the New Mexico Lobos to 4 Mountain West Conference team championship titles and the 2015 NCAA Division I cross country championships team title.[15]
| Year | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Country Championships | ||||
| 2013 Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championship | United States Air Force Academy the Eisenhower Golf Club | 8th | 6 km | 21:55.8 |
 1st place Team |
31 points | |||
| 2013 NCAA Division I cross country championships | Terre Haute, Indiana | 67th | 6 km | 21:04.0 |
| 10th place Team | 301 points | |||
| 2015 Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championship | University of Nevada Reno | 7th | 6 km | 22:55.2 |
| 1st place Team |
24 points | |||
| 2015 NCAA Division I cross country championships | Terre Haute, Indiana | 15th | 6 km | 20:07.3 |
| 1st place Team |
49 points | |||
| 2016 Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championship | Boise State University | 2nd | 6 km | 20:11.3 |
| 1st place Team |
42 points | |||
| 2016 NCAA Division I cross country championships | Terre Haute, Indiana | 28th | 6 km | 20:17.4 |
| 7th place Team | 310 points | |||
| Indoor Track and Field Championships | ||||
| 2015 Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship | University of New Mexico | 3rd | 3000 m | 9:47.99 |
| 4th | 5000 m | 17:09.95 | ||
| 1st place Team |
149 points | |||
| 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 13th | 3000 m | 9:26.33[16] |
| 2016 Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship | University of New Mexico | 2nd | Mile | 4:45.79 |
| 4th | 3000 m | 9:43.36 | ||
| 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships | Birmingham, Alabama | 6th | 3000 m | 9:09.36 |
| 12th | DMR | 11:30.67 | ||
| 2017 Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship | University of New Mexico | 2nd | 3000 m | 9:40.09 |
| 2nd | DMR | 11:29.04 | ||
| Outdoor Track and Field Championships | ||||
| 2015 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship | San Diego State University | 1st | 1500 m | 4:29.97 |
| 2nd | 5000 m | 16:08.84 | ||
| 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Oregon | 6th | 5000 m | 15:47.15 |
| 2016 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship | California State University, Fresno | 1st | 10,000 m | 34:30.24 |
| 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | University of Oregon | 22nd | 5000 m | DNF |
