athletics Africa Top Sports wishes a Happy Birthday to Dawn Harper

The whole Africa Top Sports’s team wishes a very good Birthday to Atletics champion Dawn Harper.

 

USA Championships  

Two-time USA Outdoor champion – 2009 (12.36w); 2012 (12.73)
3rd twice at USA Outdoors – 2008 (12.62w); 2011 (12.65)
2003 USA Junior champion (13.28w)

International Championships
2012 Olympic silver medalist (12.37)
2008 Olympic gold medalist (12.54)
2011 World Outdoor bronze medalist (12.47)
2006 NACAC U23 champion (13.06)
2003 Pan American Junior champion (13.42)

About Dawn
Dawn Harper was considered by many to have a possible shot at a medal in the 100m hurdles final at the 2008 Olympic Games, but no one expected gold. In the women’s 100m hurdle final, with Lolo Jones hitting the ninth hurdle, Harper moved up to claim the win in a personal best 12.54. Four years later, Harper again came home with a medal as she set a personal best in the Olympic final to tie the best ever U.S. performance at the Olympic Games with her 12.37 silver medal. She won her first national outdoor title and the women’s Visa Championship Series in 2009. The medal came after suffering a knee injury in 2010 after hitting a hurdle in practice. Since graduating from UCLA in 2006, Harper has been training under Bob Kersee in Los Angeles. A 2002 graduate of East St. Louis High School, she won six state titles there (three each in the 100m and 300m hurdles).


1 comment

  1. Reply Post By Dawn Harper

    This was so cool!!! Thank youuuuu! I truly appreciate it.

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