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JuVaughn Harrison

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

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.

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.

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.

Professional

After the 2020 Olympic Trials, Harrison signed with Puma to compete professionally. Harrison finished 5th in the long jump and 7th in the high jump 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.