Chris Carter (born March 11, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump.

Carter represented his country at the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing sixth at both events.

He won four Conference USA titles, taking a clean sweep of the horizontal jumps indoors and outdoors.

[2] The 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships saw Carter achieve a new personal record mark of 16.86 m (55 ft 3+3⁄4 in).

He competed at the IAAF World Challenge Beijing and was the runner-up, setting his season's best mark of 16.69 m (54 ft 9 in) at the meet.

[2] The 2014 USA Indoor Championships was the venue of his first national title in the triple jump, as he won the competition in a personal record mark of 17.15 m (56 ft 3 in).

[4] He was unable to clear seventeen meters at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but managed sixth place in the final.