Devynne Charlton

Devynne Ashtyn Charlton (born 26 November 1995) is a Bahamian athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles.

Athletics career
Charlton won the silver medal in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She took silver for the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships, setting a national record of 7.81 seconds. In 2024, Charlton set the world record for the 60 metres hurdles at 7.67 seconds at the 116th Millrose Games. She further broke the world record with a 7.65 run at the 2024 World Indoor Championships, claiming gold in the event.

Charlton represented the Bahamas at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, finishing sixth in the 100 m hurdles event.

Charlton also represented her country at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships in Athletics, where she was eliminated in the heats and in the semifinals respectively.

Personal life
She studied at St Augustine's College secondary school in Nassau, Bahamas. She later graduated from Purdue University.

Personal bests

 * 60 metres indoor – 7.26 (Geneva, OH 25 FEB 2017)


 * 60 metres hurdles indoor – 7.65 (Glasgow 03 March 2024) World record
 * 100 metres – 11.22 (+0.6 m/s) (Bloomington, IN 13 MAY 2018)
 * 200 metres – 23.53 (Geneva, OH 25 February 2017)
 * 100 metres hurdles – 12.44 (+0.1 m/s) (Budapest 22 August 2023)