Calli Thackery
Calli Hauger-Thackery is an English international athlete. She was bronze medalist in the 2024 [European Athletics Championships – Women's half marathon|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|European Half-Marathon Cup], held at the same time.
She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics and England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Career
Hauger-Thackery finished fifth in the 5,000m at the 2015 European U23 Championships.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. Representing England, she came 10th in the Athletics at the [2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 5000 metres|5,000 metres] at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. A few weeks later she finished sixth in the 5,000 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany.
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.
In February 2024, she was named in the Great Britain marathon team for the Paris Olympics.
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.
She represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|2024 Summer Olympics] but did not finish the race.
Calli Hauger-Thackery won the 2024 California International Marathon in a course record time of 2:24:28.