Eric Harrison Jr.

{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Eric Harrison Jr. | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Trinidad and Tobago | sport = Athletics | event = 100 metres | agent = Mark Pryor, World Express Sports Mgmt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|2|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C., United States | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Athletics }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{Medal|Competition|IAAF World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Tampere|4x100 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Tampere|100 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Tampere|200 m}} {{MedalCountry|{{TTO}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m relay}} }}

'''Eric Harrison Jr.''' (born 18 February 1999) is an American athlete who represents Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/roster/eric-harrison-jr/ |title=Eric Harrison Jr. |work=Ohio State |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C51D_ATHM4X100M------------RND1000100--.pdf |title=Athletics: Men's 4 x 100m Relay Results |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=5 August 2021 |archive-date=5 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805084519/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C51D_ATHM4X100M------------RND1000100--.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/146878 |title=Eric Harrison Jr. |work=Olympedia |access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref> Harrison's mother is from Trinidad,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/southern-maryland-news/20210716/282437057132950 |title=Harrison heads to the Olympics |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> and became eligible to represent Trinidad and Tobago on 15 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/harrison-strikes-gold/article_51993a7e-a169-11eb-9e45-73c9b2271154.html |title=Harrison strikes gold |work=Trinidad Express |date=19 April 2021 |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>

Harrison comes from Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.usatf.org/News/Eric-Harrison-Jr--takes-three-trips-to-the-podium-.aspx?feed=news |title=Eric Harrison Jr. takes three trips to the podium at World U20 Championships to earn USATF Athlete of the Week |work=USA Track & Field, Inc |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> Representing the United States at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, Harrison won a gold medal and two bronze medals.<ref name="U20">{{cite web|url=https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2018/07/94379/ohio-state-track-and-fields-eric-harrison-takes-home-three-medals-at-iaaf-world-u20-championships |title=Ohio State Track and Field's Eric Harrison Takes Home Three Medals at IAAF World U20 Championships |work=Eleven Warriors |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> He won gold in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, and bronze in thee 100 metres and the 200 metres.<ref name="U20"/>

Initially, Harrison missed the trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics because of illness, but he later qualified for the Trinidad and Tobago relay team based on his results in the 100 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.dispatch.com/story/sports/2021/07/16/2021-tokyo-olympics-ohio-state-sprinters-ready-blaze-rob-oller/7975762002/ |title=Fast and not so furious: Ohio State sprinters feel blessed to be Tokyo-bound |work=Dispatch |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> His training was also impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the indoor track season being cancelled in March 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2021/07/track-and-field-anavia-battle-and-eric-harrison-overcome-obstacles-on-their-runs-to-the-tokyo-olympics/ |title=Track and field: Anavia Battle and Eric Harrison overcome obstacles on their runs to the Tokyo Olympics |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Eric}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Trinidad and Tobago men sprinters Category:21st-century Trinidad and Tobago sportsmen Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Category:Track and field athletes from Washington, D.C. Category:American people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Category:Sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent Category:Ohio State Buckeyes men's track and field athletes Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Trinidad and Tobago Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games