Charlotte Arter (born 18 June 1991) is a British distance athlete. Arter comes from Cumbria but represents Wales in athletics, having qualified via the residency rule. Arter previously worked for Cardiff University, managing their high performance athletics programme.[1] She is the current Welsh record holder in the half marathon.[2] She is the current joint women's Parkrun record holder setting a time of 15 minutes and 49 seconds at Cardiff Parkrun on 1 February 2020.[3][4] She was the 2018 British 10,000m champion.[5]

Charlotte Arter competing in London Half Marathon, 10 March 2019

Arter was selected to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games,[6] but she had to withdraw for medical reasons and did not compete.[7]

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  1. ^ "Charlotte selected for GB team at World Half Marathon". Cardiff University.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Arter runs Welsh half marathon record in Barcelona". 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ Walford, Jessica (7 January 2019). "A woman from Cardiff broke the Parkrun world record". walesonline.
  4. ^ "Charlotte Arter: Tips from the fastest woman to do a Parkrun - BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ "New parkrun record for British 10,000m champ". Canadian Running Magazine. 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Charlotte Arter is heading to The Commonwealth Games". Welsh Athletics. 15 June 2022.
  7. ^ Morgan, Owen (19 July 2022). "Beth Kidger Relishing Commonwealths Chance After Charlotte Arter Suffers Games Agony". Dai Sport.

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