Tora Lian-Juin Harris was born on September 21,1978 and is an American high jumper.
21 Facts About Tora Harris
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Tora Harris is a Princeton University engineer of Taiwanese and African-American descent.
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Tora Harris represented Team USA twice in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, three times in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and has served as a representative once in the IAAF Continental Cup.
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Tora Harris spent two years as the No 1 ranked high jumper in the United States.
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In college, Tora Harris was a five-time All-American, while earning the two individual National Collegiate Athletic Association championships.
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Tora Harris represented Team USA at one World University Games.
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Tora Harris is both the Ivy League indoor and outdoor high jump record holder and Princeton's only two-time NCAA individual event track and field champion.
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Tora Harris's parents made him take Chinese lessons when he was young, and he now speaks the language fluently.
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Tora Harris attended first grade in Taiwan, where he was introduced to jumping.
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Tora Harris is a 1997 alumnus of South Atlanta High School and was a member of Princeton University's graduating class of 2002.
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Tora Harris was an NCAA Indoor All-American in 2002 when he placed 1st at the NCAA Championships.
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Tora Harris did not participate in intercollegiate competition in 2000 in order to prepare for the 2000 United States Olympic trials.
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Tora Harris failed to make the team after finishing seventh at the Olympic trials.
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Tora Harris won the indoor heptagonal championships in 2001, tying an Ivy League indoor record that still stood as of 2011.
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Tora Harris won a bronze medal at the 2001 World University Games.
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Tora Harris was both the NCAA indoor and outdoor champion in 2002.
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Tora Harris was a two-time United States National indoor champion and a two-time United States National outdoor champion.
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Tora Harris was a member of the United States team at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with high jumpers Matt Hemingway and Jamie Nieto.
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Tora Harris represented the United States at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in both 2003 and 2009 and in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 2003,2004 and 2006.
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Tora Harris won a bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Cup.
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Tora Harris has developed, produced and marketed the electric ODK cargo bike, under the Juiced Bikes name.