Join forces with a partner and push your limits for the benefit of local special needs kids through the CLT Foundation.
The 2023 event will consist of 7 challenging athletic events, including a one mile run, 500 meter row, pull-ups, dips, vertical jump, and two surprise events.
Founded in 2015, the Charlotte Heptathlon is the premier athletic fundraising competition in the Greater Charlotte region. This year, proceeds from the event will go directly toward changing the lives of special needs kids and kids with life-altering medical circumstances through the CLT Foundation.
The Charlotte Heptathlon offers our sponsors the opportunity to showcase their business to a concentrated group of successful, community-minded individuals primarily from the financial services industry. When you sign up to sponsor a team, you get to:
Watch to learn how The Changing Lives Foundation is making a difference in children's lives in our local community.
The Changing Lives Foundation’s mission is to “To enrich and change the lives of special needs kids and kids with life-altering medical circumstances." As a Foundation, they partner with similar charities, host events, create experiences for kids, provide educational scholarships and make financial donations to other charities.
Learn MoreThe Charlotte Heptathlon is open to all men and women who enjoy athletic competition and are passionate about our mission and raising money for local charity.
A majority of our competitors are successful professionals in Charlotte’s financial services industry. This includes senior professionals at commercial banks, investment managers and investment banks, but also participants from local technology and business or professional service firms who serve the financial industry.
By channeling the competitive nature of the financial industry’s participants for good, our event seeks to capitalize on the indelible impact this industry has made on the Greater Charlotte region.
The 2023 Charlotte Heptathlon will be on May 20th at Crossfit Charlotte and consist of fundraising and 7 athletic events designed to test the speed, agility, strength and endurance of our competitors. Teams of 2 athletes will compete and receive a composite score for their results versus the rest of the field. Overall and age-bracketed winners will be crowned at both the team and individual levels.