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.

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.

Circuit wins and titles

 * Diamond blue.svg 2022 Diamond League: high jump

National titles
Harrison won six national championships.
 * Senior level
 * 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)
 * Long jump: 8.47 m (🇺🇸 Eugene, June 28, 2021)
 * Indoor
 * High jump: 2.30 m (🇺🇸 Fayetteville, March 12, 2021)
 * Long jump: 8.45 m (🇺🇸 Fayetteville, March 12, 2021)