Tremaine Harris
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| Full name | Tremaine Ryan Alexander Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Tre | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 10, 1992 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Project Athletics Track and Field Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 200m: 20.22s (Irapuato 2012) 400m: 46.22s (Victoria 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tremaine Harris (born February 10, 1992) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the sprint distances. He is of Jamaican descent and is fluent in English and French. His personal best for the 200 m (20.22 seconds) is the sixth fastest in Canadian history.[1] He is coached by Anthony McCleary and Desai Williams.[2]
Early life
[edit]Born in Toronto, Ontario, Harris attended several schools growing up across the Greater Toronto Area, such as Father Henry Carr Secondary School, Markham District High School,[3] and Bur Oak Secondary School, to pursue his track career.
Career
[edit]Harris competed in his first international competition at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 400 m sprint. He competed in the 2011 Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships in the 200 m and 400 m events winning gold in both. Though he was still a junior, he competed in the 2011 Canadian Track and Field Championships winning gold in the 400 m with a time of 46.24 seconds, becoming the first Canadian to win gold in the same event in both the junior and senior championships in the same year.[4] Less than a month later, Harris received his first international medal at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 m relay winning the silver medal.[citation needed] Harris competed in the 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th in his heat.[citation needed] At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Harris again ran in the 200 m event, finishing 5th in his heat with a time of 20.68 s.
Achievements
[edit]- 1st, 2012 National Championships, Calgary, Canada .
- 13th, 200 m., 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships
- Personal Best: 20.22, Guadalajara 7 August 2012
References
[edit]- ^ "200 Metre - Men - Senior". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "PROFILES - TREMAINE HARRIS". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Athlete of the week: Tremaine Harris | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ^ "PROFILES - TREMAINE HARRIS". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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