Samuel Charig

Samuel Charig
Personal information
Born (2001-11-21) 21 November 2001
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle-distance running,
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:46.18 (Watford, 2025)
1500m: 3:35.69 (Poznan, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Summer World University Games
Bronze medal – third place2025 Bochum1500 m

Samuel Charig (born 21 November 2001) 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

  1. ↑ "Samuel Charig". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "England triumph at Loughborough International". England Athletics. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Adams, Tim (10 June 2025). "JESS LARK IMPRESSES OVER 800M AT BMC GRAND PRIX IN BIRMINGHAM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Czesław Cybulski Memorial". World Athletics. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 7 Jan 2026.
  7. ↑ "British Milers Club Grand Prix". World Athletics. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Henderson, Jason (3 August 2025). "MAX BURGIN POWERS TO 1:43.92 WIN OVER 800M AT UK CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "St Mary's Athletes Perform Well at British Athletics Cross Challenge". stmarys.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Charig charges to 1500m bronze". Bucs.org.uk. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
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