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(1978-09-21 ) September 21, 1978 (age 45 ) College Park, Georgia , U.S.
South Atlanta High School
4x NCAA high jump outdoor All-American (1998 , 1999 , 2001 , & 2002 )
NCAA high jump indoor All-American (2002 )
2002 & 2006 #1 ranked American high jumper
Ivy League indoor high jump:7 feet 3.25 inches (2.22 m )
Ivy League outdoor high jump:(7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m ))
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2006 & 2009 outdoor high jump champion
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Tora Lian-Juin Harris [1] [2] (born September 21, 1978) is an American high jumper . He is a Princeton University engineer of Taiwanese and African-American descent. Harris is an Olympian, a four-time national champion and two-time bronze medalist in international competition. He represented Team USA twice in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics , three times in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and has served as a representative once in the IAAF Continental Cup . He spent two years as the No. 1 ranked high jumper in the United States.
In college, Harris was a five-time All-American , while earning the two individual (2002 indoor and outdoor) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships. He also represented Team USA at one World University Games . He is both the Ivy League indoor and outdoor high jump record holder and Princeton's only two-time NCAA individual event track and field champion. He is an eight-time individual Ivy League/Heptagonal champion, winning the indoor and outdoor high jump championships four times each.
Early life [ edit ]
Harris was born in College Park, Georgia .[3] His mother, Susan (Su-Chen),[1] is Taiwanese . His father, Tommie Lee Harris (1934–1999), was African American.[1] [4] His parents made him take Chinese lessons when he was young,[1] and he now speaks the language fluently.[5] He attended first grade in Taiwan, where he was introduced to jumping.[1] Harris high jumped 7 feet (2.13 m ) in high school.[6] He placed second in the 1997 Georgia High School Association Class AAA high jump championships.[7] Harris is a 1997 alumnus of South Atlanta High School and was a member of Princeton University 's graduating class of 2002.[5] Harris studied mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton.[8]
College career [ edit ]
While at Princeton, Harris excelled at intercollegiate athletics. Harris was a four-time NCAA Outdoor Track & Field All-American placing 7th, 5th, 4th and 1st in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002, respectively.[9] [10] He also was an NCAA Indoor All-American in 2002 when he placed 1st at the NCAA Championships.[5] [11] [12] He did not participate in intercollegiate competition in 2000 in order to prepare for the 2000 United States Olympic trials.[11] He failed to make the team after finishing seventh at the Olympic trials.[1]
He won the indoor heptagonal championships in 2001, tying an Ivy League indoor record (7 feet 3.25 inches (2.22 m )) that still stood as of 2011.[13] [14] He won the 2001 outdoor Heptagonal championships with a record jump of 7 feet 5.25 inches (2.27 m ).[15] [16] That year he was the Indoor Heptagonal Championships Most Outstanding Performer and Outdoor Heptagonal Championships Most Outstanding Performer as well as the Mid-Atlantic Region Male Indoor Athlete of the Year as selected by the United States Track Coaches Association.[14] [16] [17] He won a bronze medal at the 2001 World University Games .[18] His 2002 outdoor Heptagonal championships performance of 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m ) continues to be an Ivy League outdoor record.[19] [20] [21]
Harris concluded his collegiate career with a total of eight Ivy League/Heptagonal individual championships.[21] [22] He was also both the NCAA indoor and outdoor champion in 2002.[18] [23] By winning both the indoor and outdoor NCAA championships, he became Princeton's only two-time NCAA individual event track and field champion.[10] He finished second to Yasser El Halaby as Princeton's Athlete of the 2000–09 Decade.[19] [24]
Professional career [ edit ]
He was a two-time United States National indoor champion (2005 and 2007)[25] [26] and a two-time United States National outdoor champion (2006 and 2009).[27] [28] [29] At the 2003 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Harris, Charles Austin and Charles Clinger all posted heights of 7 feet 6.5 inches (2.30 m ), with Austin claiming gold based on fewer misses and Harris winning a jump off for silver.[30] [31] On two other occasions (2006 Indoor vs. Adam Shunk at 2.25 m, and 2010 Outdoor vs. Jesse Williams at 2.26 m)[32] [33] he earned silver medals at the US national championships despite clearing as high a height as the gold medalist.
He was a member of the United States team at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with high jumpers Matt Hemingway and Jamie Nieto . Harris failed to advance past the first round when he could not clear 7 feet 2.5 inches (2.20 m ) on any of his three attempts leaving him with a best height of 7 feet (2.13 m ) and a 17th-place finish .[34] He represented the United States at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in both 2003 and 2009 and in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 2003 , 2004 and 2006 .[35] He won a bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Cup .[18]
Harris was the No. 1 ranked high jumper in the United States according to Track & Field News in both 2002 and 2006 and was among the top 10 every year from 2001 through 2009.[11] His personal best jump is 2.33 metres (7 ft 7.73 in ), achieved in June 2006 in Indianapolis .[18] Harris trains out of his Chula Vista, California , residence.[36]
He has developed, produced and marketed the electric ODK cargo bike , under the Juiced Bikes name.[37] [38]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Tora Harris" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2015 .
^ "Senate Resolution 1150" . Georgia State Senate . March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2015 .
^ a b c "Tora Harris (Bio)" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ Yike, Jim (2005). "Georgia's All Time Honor Roll updated through 2005!" . MileSplit. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "Georgia High School Association" (PDF) . Georgia High School Association . p. 195. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "Tora Harris" . U.S. Athletic Trust. Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "Tora Harris Earns All-America In High Jump" . Princeton Athletic Communications. June 1, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ a b "Harris is the 2002 NCAA Outdoor High Jump Champion" . Princeton Athletic Communications. March 8, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ a b c "Tora Harris (Events & Rankings)" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "Tora Harris – the Nation's Best" . Princeton Athletic Communications. March 8, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "The Ivy League Record Books 2011–12" (PDF) . IvyLeagueSports.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ a b "Men's Track and Field Wins Fourth Consecutive Heps Title" . Princeton Athletic Communications. February 25, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "Meet Top 10" . HepsTrack.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ a b "Princeton's Men Place Second, Women Eighth at Outdoor Heptagonal Championships" . Princeton Athletic Communications. May 5, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "Tora Harris Named Mid-Atlantic Male Indoor Athlete of the Year" . Princeton Athletic Communications. March 4, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ a b c d "Biographies: Harris Tora USA" . International Association of Athletics Federations . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ a b "Top Male Athletes Of The Decade: No. 2 Tora Harris '02" . Princeton Athletic Communications. December 29, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "All-Time Marks" . HepsTrack.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ a b "Tora Harris Sets Nation's High Mark as Princeton Finishes Second at HEPS" . Princeton Athletic Communications. May 11, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "Men's Track and Field Captures Fifth Consecutive Indoor HEPs Title" . Princeton Athletic Communications. February 24, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ Longman, Jere (April 28, 2011). "Diverse Interests, One Goal" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "Top Male Athletes Of The Decade: No. 1 Yasser El Halaby '06" . Princeton Athletic Communications. December 30, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "2005 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "2007 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions: Men's High Jump" . USA Track & Field . Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ Denman, Elliott (March 3, 2003). "Track and Field; Dragila, Using Longer Pole, Raises the Bar in the Vault" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "2003 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
^ "2006 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 25, 2012 .
^ "2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved July 25, 2012 .
^ Denman, Elliott (August 20, 2004). "Harris eliminated in high jump" . Jackson Sun . Gannett . Retrieved March 16, 2013 .
^ "Athlete Profile: Tora Harris" . International Association of Athletics Federations . Retrieved March 16, 2013 .
^ "Tora Harris" . USA Track & Field . Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
^ "Juiced Bikes | America's #1 Electric Bike Company" .
^ "About Juiced Bikes" . Electric Bike & Skate (Red Leaf Ideas, LLC) . Retrieved January 13, 2022 .
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