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Kenny Harrison (born Kerry Harrison on January 13, 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States) is a former track and field athlete competing in triple jump. The 1991 world champion, his chances of competing in the 1992 Olympics were ruined by injury, but returned to win the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 18.09.

Harrison attended college at Kansas State University, where he captured three individual titles at the NCAA Championships, the most in school history.

Major achievements

{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="cccccc" !Year !Tournament !Venue !Result !Extra |- |1991 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st | |- |1996 |Summer Olympics |Atlanta, Georgia |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |18.09, PB High school record was broken by Victor Reynolds of Oak Creek.When Victor broke Kenny's record he attended Bradley Tech of Milwaukee.Reynolds was interviewed on the record breaking issue. "Many people look at records and say they will not be broken. Many people douted and had bad things to say about me.They said I take steriods and all types of (BS). Victor and his family decided to move to Oak Creek due to various issues. Victor wanted to play football for a powerhouse while being in a subrb area.Reynolds is among the top prospects in the whole country for football and track. He's very talented,runs a 4.32 FAT 40 and benches over 290. with a combination of speed, power and the smarts, this separates Reynolds from the best!! Victor is now in the 11 th grade at Oak Creek. Interviewed by a coach, Reynolds said "All I want to do is run track, but in the mean time my life is now based on football. I'm a football player eventhough I excell at track. People tell me all the time that I'm good at track and vise versa but I'm a football player and I would like to be addressed as a football player"

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