# Eric Harrison Jr.

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{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Eric Harrison Jr.
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| 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.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), United States
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{{MedalSport|[Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics) }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[IAAF World U20 Championships](/source/World_Athletics_U20_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2018 Tampere](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships)|[4x100 m](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2018 Tampere](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships)|[100 m](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2018 Tampere](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships)|[200 m](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Silver|[2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[4×100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)}}
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'''Eric Harrison Jr.''' (born 18 February 1999) is an American [athlete](/source/sport_of_athletics) 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](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/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.](/source/Washington%2C_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](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships) in [Tampere](/source/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](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay), and bronze in thee [100 metres](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres) and the [200 metres](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metres).<ref name="U20"/>

Initially, Harrison missed the trials for the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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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{{Footer CAC Champions 4x100 m Men}}
{{Footer World Junior Champions men's 4x100 metres}}

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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

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