Kendra Harrison

Kendra Harrison
Kendra Harrison in 2018
Personal information
NicknameKeni Harrison
Born (1992-09-18) September 18, 1992 (age 31)
Tennessee, U.S.
Home townClayton, North Carolina, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 meters hurdles, 60 meters hurdles
College teamKentucky
TeamAdidas
Coached byEdrick Floréal
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 100 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Birmingham 60 m hurdles
NACAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Toronto 100 m hurdles
Representing Americas
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Ostrava 100 m hurdles

Kendra "Keni" Harrison (born September 18, 1992) is an American hurdler. Harrison held the world record in the women's 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.20 seconds, set on July 22, 2016 at the London Müller Anniversary Games, breaking the previous world record of 12.21 seconds achieved nearly 28 years earlier by Bulgarian athlete Yordanka Donkova.

In college, she competed for the University of Kentucky Wildcats and in 2015 she won NCAA championship titles both indoors and outdoors. She was runner-up in the 100 m hurdles at the 2015 USA Outdoor Championships; at the 2016 Olympic Trials she placed sixth because she tripped, and missed qualifying for the Olympics. Between the US trials and the Olympic Games, she broke the 28 year-old world record. Harrison won the 60 m hurdles at the 2018 World Indoor Championship and the 100 m hurdles at the 2018 NACAC Championships. She placed second in the 100 m hurdles at the 2019 World Championship, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.


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