Name: Keni Harrison
Sport: Track and Field
Event(s): 100-meter hurdles
Height: 5-4
DOB: 9/18/1992
Birthplace: Clayton, N.C.
Hometown: Clayton, N.C.
High School: Clayton High School (Clayton, N.C.) ‘11
College: University of Kentucky, Community Leadership Development
Coach(es): Edrick Floreal
Olympic Experience
- One-time Olympian (2020); one-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, silver (100-meter hurdles)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – silver (100-meter hurdles)
- Years of participation: Outdoor – 2015, 2017, 2019; Indoor – 2016, 2018
- Medals: 2 (1 gold, 1 silver)
- Gold – 2018 (60-meter hurdles)
- Silver – 2019 (100-meter hurdles)
Personal:
Daughter of Gary and Karon Harrison...Adopted at three months old...Grew up in large family with 10 siblings, eight of which were also adopted...Transferred from Clemson to the University of Kentucky...Named the 2011 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year...Her first sports were soccer and gymnastics.
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