Nevin Harrison (born June 2, 2002) is an American

sprint canoe A sprint canoe is a canoe used in International Canoe Federation canoe sprint. It is an open boat propelled by one, two or four paddlers from a kneeling position, using single-bladed paddles. The difficulty of balance can depend on how wide or nar ...

ist. She competed at the

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in Tokyo, winning the gold medal in the women's C-1 200 meters.

Career

She began canoeing at age 12 with the Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club in Seattle, Washington. She began competing for the USA at age 15, competing at the 2017 ICF Olympic Hopes Regatta in Račice, Czech Republic, winning silver in C-1 1000m, gold in 500m and gold in 200m in the 2002 age group. The next year, at the 2018 ICF Olympic Hopes Regatta in Poznan, Poland, she won gold in C-1 500m and 200m in the 2002 age group. In 2019, she moved to the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Racing Team in Gainesville, Georgia to train with coach Zsolt Szadovszki. At the 2019 USA Team Trials in Oklahoma City, she won senior and junior C-1 1000m, 500m and 200m. She competed at the

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in Lima, Peru and won C-1 200m. At the

2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 45th edition of the World Championships, were held in Szeged, Hungary from 21 to 25 August 2019. The championships served as the primary qualification regatta for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic ...

, she won gold in C-1 200m, becoming the first American to win a world championship in sprint canoe.

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"I'm strong and I'm good at this": How 19-year-old Nevin Harrison won gold , NBC Sports
August 6, 2021 {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Nevin 2002 births Living people American female canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Sportspeople from Seattle Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Canoeists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in canoeing 21st-century American women