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Born | London, England, United Kingdom | 25 July 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Britain & N.I. England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-, long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford Cardinal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Shaftesbury Barnet Bowerman Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ricardo Santos 2019-23 Jerry Schumacher 2023-Present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Charles Hicks (born 25 July 2001) [1] is a British middle- and long-distance runner. He is a two-time European Cross Country under-23 champion (2021, 2022), the first British male or female to repeat as Euro U23 winner.
Hicks won the 2022 NCAA Division I Cross Country title.
Born and raised in London, Charles Hicks moved with his family to Florida at age 12. He studies cognitive science at Stanford University. [2]
In 2021, he won the men's under-23 title at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. [1]
In April 2022, Hicks set a British U23 10,000 metres record with a time of 27:40.16. [3] On 19 November, the 21-year-old won won the men's race at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships held in Stillwater, Oklahoma, becoming the first Stanford runner, the fourth British runner and the first British runner for over 30 years to win the NCAA XC individual title. He set a course record of 28:43.6 on a hilly 10-kilometer circuit. [4] [5] [3] The following month, Hicks successfully defended his European Cross Country U23 title with a commanding 8-second victory in Turin, Italy. [6] [7]
On June 30, 2023, Hicks signed a professional contract with Nike to run for the Bowerman Track Club and be coached by Jerry Schumacher. [8]
Times taken from World Athletics. [1]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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2019 | European Cross Country Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 5th | XC 6.3 km U20 | 19:05 |
1st | U20 team | 25 pts | |||
2021 | European Cross Country Championships | Dublin, Ireland | 1st | XC 8.0 km U23 | 24:29 |
2nd | U23 team | 24 pts | |||
2022 | European Cross Country Championships | Turin, Italy | 1st | XC 7.662 km U23 | 23:40 |
1st | U23 team | 11 pts | |||
2023 | European Athletics U23 Championships | Espoo, Finland | 1st | 5000 metres | 13.35:07 |