Tora Harris

Tora Harris
CollegePrinceton
ConferenceIvy
SportTrack and field
Class2002
Career1998–present
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight183 lb (83 kg)
Born (1978-09-21) September 21, 1978 (age 45)
College Park, Georgia, U.S.
High schoolSouth Atlanta High School
Career highlights
Honors
Records
  • 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))
Championships
U.S. Nationals
  • 2005 & 2007 indoor high jump champion
  • 2006 & 2009 outdoor high jump champion
NCAA
  • 2002 indoor high jump champion (2002)
  • 2002 outdoor high jump champion (2002)
Ivy League/Heptagonal
  • 4x indoor high jump champion
  • 4x outdoor high jump champion
Medal record
Men's athletics: high jump
Representing the United States United States
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Beijing High jump
IAAF World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Athens High jump
USA Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Boston High jump
Silver medal – second place 2004 High jump
Gold medal – first place 2005 Boston High jump
Silver medal – second place 2006 Boston High jump
Gold medal – first place 2007 Boston High jump
USA Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Sacramento High jump
Gold medal – first place 2006 Indianapolis High jump
Gold medal – first place 2009 Eugene High jump
Silver medal – second place 2010 Des Moines High jump


Representing Princeton Tigers/Ivy League
NCAA Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Baton Rouge high jump
NCAA Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Fayetteville high jump
By race
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
outdoor high jump 1 0 0
indoor high jump 1 0 0
Total 2 0 0
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
NCAA Outdoor Championships 1 0 0
NCAA Indoor Championships 1 0 0
Total 2 0 0

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TAFAPSIStBH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Stabler, Penn (May 15, 2002). "Senior high jumper Harris climbs the world rankings with Heps performance". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved March 3, 2015.

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