JuVaughn Harrison

JuVaughn Krishna Harrison (né Blake; born April 30, 1999)^[4] is an American high jumper and long jumper.^[5] He won the silver medal in the high jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.^[6]

JuVaughn Harrison

JuVaughn Harrison at the 2020 NCAA Indoor T&F Championships.
Personal information
Full name	JuVaughn Krishna Harrison
Nickname	Mr. Jumps
National team	United States
Born	(1999-04-30) April 30, 1999 (age 26)[1] Huntsville, Alabama, United States[2]
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics/Track and field
Event(s)	High jump Long jump
Club	LSU Tigers
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2020 Tokyo High jump, 7th Long jump, 5th
World finals	2023 Budapest High jump -  Silver
Highest world ranking	1st (High jump, 2023)[3]
Personal bests	Outdoor High jump: 2.36 m (7 ft 8+3⁄4 in) (College Station 2021 and Budapest 2023) Long jump: 8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in) (Eugene 2021) Indoor High jump: 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) i (Fayetteville 2021) Long jump: 8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in) i (Fayetteville 2021)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States World Championships 2023 Budapest High jump World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere High jump

Career

Youth

Harrison 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.^[7][8][9]

Collegiate

On March 12, 2021, in Fayetteville, Arkansas on the occasion of the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Harrison set personal records in the high jump with 2.30 m and in the long jump with 8.45 m, thus becoming the first man in history capable of jumping at least 8.40 m in the long jump and 2.30 m in the high jump.^[10]

On June 27, 2021, Harrison 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.^[11]

Professional

After the 2020 Olympic Trials, Harrison signed with Puma to compete professionally.^[12] Harrison finished 5th in the long jump^[13] and 7th in the high jump^[14] at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2023 Harrison won the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, finishing second to reigning Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy on a countback despite clearing the same 2.36 metres height.^[6]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Measure	Notes
2018	World Junior Championships	Tampere	3rd	High jump	2.23 m	PB
			9th	Long jump	7.63 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	7th	High jump	2.33 m
			5th	Long jump	8.15 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest	2nd	High jump	2.36 m	=WL

Circuit wins and titles

• 2022 Diamond League: high jump ^[15]

National titles

Senior level

Harrison won six national championships.^[16]

• NCAA Athletics Championships
  • High jump: 2019, 2021
  • Long jump: 2019, 2021
• NCAA Indoor Athletics Championships
  • High jump: 2021
  • Long jump: 2021

Personal bests

Outdoor

• High jump: 2.36 m ( College Station, May 14, 2021 and Budapest, August 22, 2023)^[17]
• Long jump: 8.47 m ( Eugene, June 28, 2021)^[17]

Indoor

• High jump: 2.30 m ( Fayetteville, March 12, 2021)^[18]
• Long jump: 8.45 m ( Fayetteville, March 12, 2021)^[18]