Zharnel Hughes

Zharnel Hughes

Zharnel Hughes (born 13 July 1995) is an Anguilla-born British sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born and raised in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, he has competed internationally for Great Britain in the Olympic Games, World Athletics and European Athletics events, and for England at the Commonwealth Games, since 2015. A double Commonwealth Games (2018, 2022), double European Championships (2018, 2022) gold medalist as part of the 4 x 100 metres relay, Hughes has twice been European champion individually; over 100 metres in 2018, and 200 metres in 2022. In 2023, he broke both British sprint records, before winning his first global individual medal, a bronze in the 100 metres at the 2023 World championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zharnel Hughes has received more than 891,105 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Zharnel Hughes is the 5,741st most popular athlete (down from 3,966th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Anguilla and the 2nd most popular Athlete.