Tora Harris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tora Harris

American male high jumper

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1978

Place of Birth: College Park, Georgia, United States

Profession: engineer, athletics competitor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tora Lian-Juin Harris (born September 21, 1978) is an American high jumper.
He is a Princeton University engineer of Taiwanese and African-American descent.
Harris is an Olympian, a four-time national champion and two-time bronze medalist in international competition.
He 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.
He spent two years as the No.
1 ranked high jumper in the United States. In college, Harris was a five-time All-American, while earning the two individual (2002 indoor and outdoor) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships.
He also represented Team USA at one World University Games.
He 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.
He is an eight-time individual Ivy League/Heptagonal champion, winning the indoor and outdoor high jump championships four times each.