Cari Hughes
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 15 March 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:06.17 (2024) 3000m 8:48.95 (2024) 5000m 15:19.81 (2024) |
Medal record | |
Cari Hughes (born 15 March 1999) is a Welsh distance and cross country runner.[1]
Career
[edit]A member of the Swansea Harriers, in 2017 she won the Welsh Schools title, Welsh Junior title and represented Great Britain in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and European Cross-Country Championships. In 2018, she broke the Welsh Junior 1500m record in the summer of 2018, running a new lifetime best of 4:17.51 at the BMC Stretford Grand Prix. That year she became the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 1500m champion, running for Loughborough University. She won Junior Female Endurance Athlete of the Year at the 2018 Welsh Athletics Awards.[2]
She won a bronze medal with the British U23 team at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin.[3] She was a member of the British senior team at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, placing 22nd individually.[4]
She won the 800 metres and finished second in the 1500 metres representing Ynys Môn at the 2023 Island Games in Guernsey.[5][6]
She finished behind Megan Davies but ahead of 2020 Olympic Games finalist Alexandra Bell at the Armagh 5km road race in February 2024.[7] In November 2024, she was the second British woman to finish the Cardiff Cross Challenge, part of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, behind Kate Axford.[8] She finished as runner-up to Axford at the Liverpool Cross Challenge on 23 November 2024, an event which doubled-up as the British trials for the Euro Cross Championships.[9][10]
Personal life
[edit]From Welshpool, her brother Iola Hughes is also a runner.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cari Hughes". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Cari Hughes looking forward to cross country season opener". Fast Running. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "HICKS AND KEITH SEAL INDIVIDUAL GOLDS AS BRITISH TEAM SEAL 8 MEDALS IN DUBLIN". British Athletics. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Harber, Tony (13 December 2022). "Wakefield Harriers' Amy-Eloise Markovc earns silver medal with GB cross country team". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Franklin smashes records to win double gold". BBC News. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Eighteen-medal haul makes 2023 Island Games most successful ever for Ynys Môn". nwsport. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Topi Raitanen: European steeplechase champion earns triumph at Armagh Road races". bbc sport. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Kiprop retains title, Cherop holds off late challenge at Cardiff Cross". World Athletics. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Collett, Jasmine (Nov 23, 2024). "Kate Axford and Tomer Tarragano take Euro trials victory in Liverpool". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS SPOTS BOOKED AT UKA CROSS CHALLENGE IN LIVERPOOL". British Athletics. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Bicknell, Gareth (1 February 2016). "ATHLETICS: Iolo and Cari Hughes win North Wales Cross-Country Championships". Daily Post. Retrieved 24 November 2024.