| Athlete Biography
Name: Kayla Harrison
Weight Category: 63kg
Date of Birth: July 2, 1990
Hometown: Middletown, Ohio
Current Residence: Wakefield, Mass.
Club Name: NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE
Coach: Jimmy Pedro
Junior World Championship Teams: 2006
Pan American Infantile Championship Teams: 2004 (Gold)
Pan American Juvenile Championship Teams: 2006 (Gold), 2005
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Personal: Kayla is hardly your standard high school student. Although only 17-years-old, she is the top-ranked junior in her division and a strong hopeful for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team who won the 2006 Senior National Championships in the 70kg division just a week after winning the 63kg Pan American Juvenile title. At the junior level, she won
every domestic event in which she competed since 2005. In February, Kayla became the first American ever to win the prestigious Junior Belgian Ladies Open in the 70kg division, before moving back down to 63kg where she won a silver medal at the USA Judo Senior National Championships in April.
Recent Career Highlights
2007:
- Gold – Puerto Rico Open (70kg)
- Gold – Fall Classic National Championships
- Gold – Junior Belgian Ladies' Open (70kg)
- Gold – High School National Championships (70kg)
- Gold - U.S. Open Championships
- Silver – USA Judo Senior National Championships
2006:
- Gold – USA Judo Senior National Championships (70kg)
- Gold – High School National Championships (70kg)
- Gold – Pan American Juvenile Championships
- Gold – Junior U.S. Open (IJF-Junior, 70kg)
- Gold – U.S. Open Championships (Open)
- Silver – U.S. Open Championships (70kg)
- Ninth – Moscow Super World Cup (70kg)
2005:
- Gold - Junior U.S. Open (Cadet, 63kg)
- Gold - Junior U.S. Open (Youth, 63kg)
- Gold - USA Judo Junior Olympic National Championships (IJF Junior, 63k)
- Gold - U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (Juvenile B, 63kg)
- Gold - U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (Juvenile C, 63kg)
- Gold - Liberty Bell (Junior Girls 17-19, 63kg)
- Gold - USA Judo National High School Championships (57kg)
- Silver - Pan American Cup (Juvenile, 57kg)
- Bronze - Junior British Open
- Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships
2004:
- Gold - Pan American Infantile Championships (53kg)
- Gold - Junior U.S. Open (53kg, Junior)
- Silver - Fall Classic National Championships (Senior, 52kg)
- Bronze - Junior U.S. Open (52kg, Youth)
- Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (Senior, 57kg)
- Bronze - Junior British Open (52kg)
2003:
- Gold - Golden State Invitational (48kg)
- Gold - Junior U.S. Open (48kg)
- Gold - U.S. Judo Federation Junior National Championships (48kg)
- Gold - USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships (48kg)
- Gold - U.S. Judo Association Junior National Championships (48kg)
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