Calli Thackery

Calli Hauger-Thackery (born 9 January 1993) is an English international athlete. 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.

She has been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics and represented 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 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.

Personal life
Hauger-Thackery was born in Yorkshire to mother Rachel, a county level sprinter, and father Carl, a professional long distance runner who won a bronze medal at the 1993 Word Half-marathon Championships. Shas educated at the University of New Mexico and is married to American marathon runner Nick Hauger.