Kayla Harrison


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Birth date
Age
02/07/1990 - MIDDLETOWN (USA) 
22
Height
Weight
Gender
173 cm / 5'8" 
75 kg / 165 lbs 
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Sport
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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
1-78 kg2010Tokyo, JPN
3-78 kg2011Paris, FRA
9-78 kg2009Rotterdam, NED
Pan American Games
1-78 kg2011Guadalajara, MEX
Pan American Championships
1-78 kg2011Guadalajara, MEX
3-78 kg2010San Salvador, ESA
Grand Slam
1-78 kg2012Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2-78 kg2012Paris, FRA
2-78 kg2011Tokyo, JPN
2-78 kg2011Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Cup
1-78 kg2012Miami, FL, USA
1-78 kg2012Budapest, HUN
1-78 kg2011Miami, FL, USA
1-78 kg2010Liverpool, GBR
1-78 kg2010Miami, FL, USA
1-78 kg2010Sao Paulo, BRA
2-78 kg2011Puerto La Cruz, VEN
2-78 kg2010Tashkent, UZB
3-78 kg2010Warsaw, POL
3-78 kg2009Belo Horizonte, BRA
World Junior Championships
1-78 kg2008Bangkok, THA
2-78 kg2009Paris, FRA

Nickname

Judo Princess. (3wiresports.com, 22 Sep 2010)

Club name

New York Athletic Club [NYAC] Judo , New York, NY, USA

Coach

Jimmy Pedro (judo.teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2010)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She started judo at age seven in Middletown, Ohio. (usatoday.com, 09 Sep 2010)

Ambitions
To become USA's first female Olympic champion. (prlog.org, 01 Sep 2011)

Awards
In 2010 she became the first US woman to win a world championship in 26 years, and the first athlete from USA to win a world championship since her coach Jimmy Pedro in 1999. (judo.teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2010)

In 2009 she became the second USA athlete to compete in two junior world championship finals. (judo.teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2010)

She became the third USA competitor to win the junior world championships when she won in 2008. (judo.teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2010)

General
BIRTHDAY VICTORY
On the day of her 21st birthday she won the IJF World Cup Miami gold medal, which made her world No.1. "It is a great feeling, one of the best days of my life," she said. (w2wma.com, 02 Jul 2011)

TEAM FORCE
She is part of Jimmy Pedro's Team FORCE, a full-time resident training program for judokas. FORCE stands for 'Focus On Results, Civic Responsibility and Education'. She lives in Wakefield, Massachusetts where Pedro's gym is located. (jimmypedro.com, 14 Sep 2011)


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