Calli Thackery

Calli Hauger-Thackery (née 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 represented Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics and 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. A few weeks later she finished sixth in the 5,000 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany.

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.

She represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics but did not finish the race.

Calli Hauger-Thackery won the 2024 California International Marathon in a course record time of 2:24:28.

Personal life Hauger-Thackery was born in Yorkshire to mother Rachel, a county level sprinter, and father Carl Thackery, a professional long distance runner who placed third to lead Team GB to a bronze team medal at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Calli Thackery helped the New Mexico Lobos to 4 Mountain West Conference team championship titles and the 2015 NCAA Division I cross country championships team title.