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Kendra Harrison

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Kendra Harrison Biography

Personal

Age: 32 years young

Born: Friday 18th of September 1992

Years active: 2010-present (started around 18 years old; 15 years active)

Birthplace: Tennessee, United States

Nationality: (American)

Ethnicity: Black

Professions: Sportswoman: Runner

Body

Hair color: Black

Height: 5'4" (or 162 cm) (Petite)

Body type: Slim

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Instagram follower count: 64k (as of July 2025)

About Kendra Harrison

Kendra "Keni" Harrison (born September 18, 1992) is an American hurdler. Harrison set the world record in the women's 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.20 seconds on July 22, 2016 at the London Müller Anniversary Games, breaking the world record of 12.21 seconds set 28 years earlier by Bulgarian athlete Yordanka Donkova.

In college, she competed for the University of Kentucky Wildcats and in 2015 she won NCAA championship titles both indoors and outdoors. She was runner-up in the 100 m hurdles at the 2015 USA Outdoor Championships; at the 2016 Olympic Trials she placed sixth and missed qualifying for the Olympics. She won the 60m hurdles at the 2018 World Indoor Championship and the 100m hurdles at the 2018 NACAC Championships. She placed second at the 100m hurdles of the 2019 World Championship.