About Kayla Harrison

A two-time National Champion before she was 18, Kayla Harrison became the third U.S. player ever to win the Junior World Championships in 2008 after going undefeated to win the 78kg title in Bangkok. Harrison, who moved up from 63kg to 78kg in 2008, won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo that year, but was unable to compete at the Games as Team USA had not qualified the division. In 2009, Harrison became the second U.S. athlete ever to compete in two Junior World finals where she won a silver medal.

Harrison made her mark on the senior international level in 2010 when she became the first U.S. woman to win a World Championship in 26 years, going undefeated in five matches to win gold.

Recent Career Highlights

2010:

Gold - Senior World Championships
Gold - USA World Cup
Gold - Sao Paulo World Cup
Gold - Venezuela World Cup
Gold - El Salvador World Cup
Gold - Birmingham World Cup
Gold - U.S. Open
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Silver - Uzbekistan World Cup
Bronze - Rotterdam Grand Prix
Bronze - Senior Pan American Championships
Bronze - Dusseldorf Grand Prix
Bronze - Warsaw World Cup
Fifth - Rio Grand Slam

2009:

Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Gold - USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships (IJF-Junior, 78kg)
Silver - Junior World Championships
Bronze - Belo Horizonte World Cup

2008:

Gold - Junior World Championships
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Gold - U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo
Gold - Fall Classic National Championships
Gold - Junior World Team Trials
Gold - U.S. Open
Gold - U.S. Open (Open)
Gold - USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships (IJF-Junior, 78kg)
Silver - Korea Cup

2007:

Gold - Puerto Rico Open (70kg)
Gold - Fall Classic National Championships (63kg)
Gold - Junior Belgian Ladies' Open (70kg)
Gold - High School National Championships (70kg)
Gold - U.S. Open Championships (63kg)
Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships (63kg)

2006:

Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships (70kg)
Gold - High School National Championships (70kg)
Gold - Pan American Juvenile Championships (63kg)
Gold - Junior U.S. Open (IJF-Junior, 70kg)
Gold - U.S. Open Championships (Open)
Silver - U.S. Open Championships (70kg)
Ninth - Moscow Super World Cup (70kg)

2005:

Gold - Junior U.S. Open (Cadet, 63kg)
Gold - Junior U.S. Open (Youth, 63kg)
Gold - USA Judo Junior Olympic National Championships (IJF Junior, 63kg)
Gold - U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (Juvenile B, 63kg)
Gold - U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (Juvenile C, 63kg)
Gold - Liberty Bell (Junior Girls 17-19, 63kg)
Gold - USA Judo National High School Championships (57kg)
Silver - Pan American Cup (Juvenile, 57kg)
Bronze - Junior British Open (63kg)
Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (63kg)

2004:

Gold - Pan American Infantile Championships (53kg)
Gold - Junior U.S. Open (53kg, Junior)
Silver - Fall Classic National Championships (Senior, 52kg)
Bronze - Junior U.S. Open (52kg, Youth)
Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (Senior, 57kg)
Bronze - Junior British Open (52kg)

2003:

Gold - Golden State Invitational (48kg)
Gold - Junior U.S. Open (48kg)
Gold - U.S. Judo Federation Junior National Championships (48kg)
Gold - USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships (48kg)
Gold - U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (48kg)

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