Nevin Harrison
.jpg) Harrison at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 2, 2002 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Sprint canoe |
Event | C-1 200 m |
| Club | Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club |
Nevin Harrison (/ˈnɛvɪn/ NEH-vin; born June 2, 2002)[1] is an American sprint canoeist.
Career
[edit]Harrison began canoeing at age 12 with the Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club in Seattle, Washington. She began competing for the United States at age 15, competing at the 2017 ICF Olympic Hopes Regatta in Račice, Czech Republic, winning silver in C-1 1000m, gold in 500m, and gold in 200m in the 2002 age group.[2] The next year, at the 2018 ICF Olympic Hopes Regatta in Poznan, Poland, she won gold in C-1 500m and 200m in the 2002 age group. In 2019, she moved to the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Racing Team in Gainesville, Georgia to train with coach Zsolt Szadovszki. At the 2019 USA Team Trials in Oklahoma City,[3] she won senior and junior C-1 1000m, 500m and 200m. She competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and won C-1 200m. At the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, she won gold in C-1 200m,[4] becoming the first American to win a world championship in sprint canoe.[5][6]
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, winning the gold medal in the women's C-1 200 meters.[7][8][9] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the silver medal in the same event.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "HARRISON Nevin". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on July 30, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ↑ Local Teens Shine at Olympic Hopes Regatta
- ↑ 2019 ACA Sprint and Para National Team Trials
- ↑ 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results
- ↑ OlympicTalk (August 24, 2019). "Nevin Harrison, 17, becomes first American to win world sprint canoe title". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ↑ Mather, Victor (August 2, 2021). "The American Canoeist Nevin Harrison Finally Gets Her Chance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ↑ "Canoe Sprint HARRISON Nevin". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ↑ Mather, Victor (August 5, 2021). "Nevin Harrison, 19, wins a rare U.S. gold medal in canoe sprint". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ↑ "American teenager Nevin Harrison wins first Olympic women's canoe 200m". the Guardian. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ↑ Birkett, Dave. "USA's Nevin Harrison misses 2nd Olympic gold by 'less than a blink of an eye'". USA TODAY. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Nevin Harrison at the International Canoe Federation
- Nevin Harrison at the American Canoe Association
- Nevin Harrison at Team USA (archive March 18, 2023)
- Nevin Harrison at Olympics.com
- Nevin Harrison at Olympedia
- Nevin Harrison at InterSportStats
- "I'm strong and I'm good at this": How 19-year-old Nevin Harrison won gold | NBC Sports August 6, 2021
- Nevin Harrison on Instagram
- 2002 births
- Living people
- American female canoeists
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
- Sportspeople from Seattle
- Canoeists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in canoeing
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in canoeing
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics