JuVaughn Harrison
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About
High jumper who won the silver medal in the high jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. In 2021, he won both the long jump and the high jump at the US National Team Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he became the first American man since Jim Thorpe in 1912 to compete in both the long jump and high jump at the Olympics.
Before Fame
He attended Columbia High School in Huntsville, Alabama. He recorded bests of 7 feet 2 inches in the high jump and 23 feet 0.5 inches in the long jump.
Trivia
In the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, he set personal records in the high jump with 2.30m and in the long jump with 8.45m. With these numbers, he became the first man in history capable of jumping at least 8.40m in the long jump and 2.30m in the high jump.
Family Life
He has a younger brother called Ky-Mani Harrison.
Associated With
He and Marquis Dendy have both represented the United States in the long jump.
