Charlie Husbands

Charlie Husbands
2025 UK Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2002-05-02) 2 May 2002
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
High jump
ClubBromsgrove and Redditch AC
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsHigh jump: 2:21m (Loughborough, 2026)
Medal record
UK Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Birminghamhigh jump

Charlie Husbands (born 2 May 2002) is a British high jumper. He was joint-winner of the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

Husbands is a member of Bromsgrove and Redditch AC.[2] He won the silver medal in the high jump at the Scottish Athletics National Indoor Championships in Glasgow in January 2022, setting a personal best of 1.99 metres.[3]

In February 2025, he placed third at the British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, with a best jump of 2.11 metres to finish behind Otis Poole and Kimani Jack.[4][5]

In 2025, Husbands became the British high jump champion, after being joint-winner of the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 2 August 2025, alongside Divine Duruaku, with both athletes clearing 2.14 metres and agreeing to share the title.[6][7]

Husbands jumped a personal best 2.21 metres in Loughborough in January 2026.[8] He equalled his personal best with 2.21 metres in Hustopeče in February 2026.[9] Competing at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham that month, he placed fourth overall with a jump of 2.15 metres.[10] In May, he won the high jump in the National Athletics League opener in Derby, with a jump of 2.21 metres, ahead of Duruaku and Joel Clarke-Khan.[11] On 20 June, Husbands jumped 2.21 metres to place third behind Clarke-Khan and Kimani Jack at the 2026 British Championships in Birmingham.[12] On 5 July, Husbands won the England Athletics Championships on count back with 2.14 metres.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Charlie Husbands". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Nikita smashes 26-year-old B&R record at Midlands Indoor Athletics Championships". Bromsgrove Standard. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "ATHLETICS - Bromsgrove and Redditch AC enjoy success at Scottish Athletics National Indoor Championships". Bromsgrove Standard. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Gunston, Jo (24 February 2025). "Boy wonder and the mother of all performances at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Gourley & Mills Lead Way with Records at Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Champ". British Athletics. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Henderson, Jason (2 August 2025). "Okoye Breaks 40-Year-Old National Champs Discus Record". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Poole, Harry (2 August 2025). "Hughes and Hunt win British 100m titles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Loughborough Indoor Open". World Athletics. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Gold in the Men's A category goes to Poland thanks to Mateusz Kolodziejski". Hustopečské skákání. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 February 2026. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "THAMES VALLEY HARRIERS WIN NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE OPENER". Athletics Weekly. 25 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "EMOTIONAL CLARKE-KHAN WINS UK CROWN AFTER INJURY NIGHTMARE". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "England Athletics Senior and U20 track and field and combined events championships, powered by Citroën: Tickets punched, job done". England Athletics. 5 July 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
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