Tora Harris
Olympic athlete
1978 –
Who is Tora Harris?
Tora Harris 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 number one ranked high jumper in the United States.
In college, Harris was a five-time All-American, while earning the two individual National Collegiate Athletic Association 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.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1978
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Princeton University
- South Atlanta High School
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on July 23, 2013
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