Charlotte Henrich

Charlotte Henrich (born 30 August 2006) is a British sprinter who competes primarily over 400 metres. She finished third in the event at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships and sixth at the 2026 European Athletics Championships as a teenager, where she was also a double medalist in 4 × 400 metres relays. The year before, she was a gold medalist in the 400 metres at the 2025 European U20 Championships. As a 15-year-old, she won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships.

Early life Henrich was born in France, moving to the United Kingdom at the age of five years-old. She attended Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School in Canterbury, Kent.

Career She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem at the age of 15 years-old. She won silver medals in both the individual 400 metres and in the mixed relay at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Trinidad and Tobago.

She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, placing seventh in the final of the 400 metres. Later in the championships, she won the bronze medal with the British team in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay. In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.

She set an indoor 400 m personal best of 53.94 in February 2025 whilst running in Lee Valley, London. In June 2025, she ran 52.10 seconds for the 400 metres in Regensburg, Germany, before later setting a meeting record of 52.56 to win the U20 Gala in Mannheim. In July 2025, she won the title over 400 metres at the England U20 Championships in Birmingham. That month, she lowered her personal best to 51.95 seconds at the London Olympic Stadium at the 2025 London Athletics Meet. She won the gold medal for the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland in a new personal best of 51.68 seconds, having also ran the fastest qualifying times of all the competitors in the heats, and across the semi-finals. In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26. She was nominated for British under-20 female athlete of the year by Athletics Weekly in November 2025.

Henrich was named in the British squad for the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana. On the opening day she ran as part of the British women's team as they qualified for the final in 3:21.28, the fourth fastest recorded time by a British quartet, before placing fourth overall the following day in the final. Later that month, she won the 400 metres in a lifetime best of 51.24 seconds at the Belfast Classic, and ran 51.48 to win representing Wales at the Loughborough Invitational. In June, she placed third in the final of the 400 metres at the 2026 British Championships, winning her semi-final ahead of Keely Hodgkinson and running a personal best 50.58 seconds in the final. The time also broke the Welsh record of Michelle Scutt, which has stood since 1982. Competing at the 2026 London Athletics Meet on 18 July, she improved her personal best and Welsh record to 50.45 seconds.

Heinrich was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, placing fourth overall in the final of the 400 metres. On 10 August, she won a silver medal competing for Great Britain at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in Birmingham. She later placed sixth in the final of the women's 400 metres. In a busy championships, she also ran in the preliminary round of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, in which Great Britain won the silver medal.

Athletic achievements Personal bests

International competitions

National championships and competitions

Personal life Henrich was born in France, and is of Welsh descent through her mother. Her first language was French. She has dyslexia, and has worked to raise Dyslexia Awareness.