Tremaine Harris
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| Full name | Tremaine Ryan Alexander Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Tre | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Kanada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 10, 1992 Toronto, 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, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the sprint distance.
Harris' personal best for the 200 m (20.22 seconds)makes his time the third fastest in Canadian history.[1]
He is coached by Anthony McCleary and Desai Williams.[2]
Early life
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Harris attended several schools growing up across the Greater Toronto Area such as Father Henry Carr Secondary School and Bur Oak Secondary School to pursue his track career. Harris is of Jamaican descent and is fluent in English and French.
Career
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.[3] 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.[4] Harris will compete in the 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]
Achievements
- 1st, 2012 National Championships, Calgary, Canada .
- 13th, 200 m., 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships
- Personnal Best: 20.22, Guadalajara 7/08/2012
References
- ^ "200 Metre - Men - Senior". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "PROFILES - TREMAINE HARRIS". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "PROFILES - TREMAINE HARRIS". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships". Wikipedia. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification". Wikipedia. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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