Devynne Ashtyn Charlton (born 26 November 1995) is a Bahamian athlete competing in the 60 meters hurdles and

100 m hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

Athletics career

Charlton represented her country at the

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and

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, where she was eliminated in the heats and semifinals, respectively. She represented the Bahamas at the

2020 Tokyo Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, finishing sixth in the 100 m hurdles event. Charlton won the silver medal in the event at the

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. 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.

Personal life

She studied at St Augustine's College secondary school in

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. She later graduated from

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. Her sister is fellow athlete

Anthaya Charlton Anthaya Charlton (born 28 July 2003) is a Bahamian long jumper. In 2024, she became national champion and in 2025 set an outright national record. Career In June 2024, she became Bahamian national champion with a long jump of 5.99 metres. Compet ...

Achievements

International competitions

Personal bests

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indoor – 7.26 (

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, OH 25 FEB 2017) **

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.65 seconds (Devynne Ch ...

indoor – 7.65 (

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3 March 2024)

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– 11.22 (+0.6 m/s) (

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13 MAY 2018) *

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– 23.53 (Geneva, OH 25 February 2017) *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

– 12.44 (+0.1 m/s) (

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22 August 2023)

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* * * * 1995 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Bahamian female hurdlers Bahamian female sprinters 21st-century Bahamian sportswomen Pan American Games competitors for the Bahamas Purdue Boilermakers women's track and field athletes Purdue University alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for the Bahamas Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Bahamas World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Commonwealth Games silver medallists for the Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Long stubs with short prose Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{Bahamas-athletics-bio-stub