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JuVaughn Harrison

Basic Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 4/30/1999
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Huntsville, AL
  • High School: Columbia High School
  • College: Louisiana State University

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Todd Lane
  • Agent: Mario Bassani
  • Sponsor: Puma

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, fifth (long jump), seventh (high jump)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2018 World U20 Championships, bronze (high jump), ninth (long jump)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (high jump, long jump)
  • 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (high jump, long jump)
  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (high jump, long jump)
    • Completing a double that makes him the first American man since Jim Thorpe in 1912 to represent the U.S. in the Olympic high jump and long jump
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (high jump, long jump)
  • 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships, silver (high jump), 10th (long jump)
  • 2018 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, gold (high jump, long jump)
  • 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 13th (high jump), 19th (long jump)
  • 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, 14th (high jump), 15th (long jump)

Personal

Full name is JuVaughn Krishna Harrison … Born on April 30, 1999 … Mother is Georgia Harrison … Mother ran track at Alabama A&M and is a member of the Alabama A&M Athletics Hall of Fame as part of its 2014 induction class … Has one brother, Ky-Mani Harrison … studied sports administration at LSU...Harrison is the first American since Jim Thorpe in 1912 to qualify for the Olympic team in the high jump and long jump.

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