Nevin Harrison: College| Parents| Workout| Canoe…

Nevin Harrison is an American sprint canoeist. She began canoeing at age 12 with the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Club in Gig Harbor, Washington.

Nevin Harrison: College| Parents| Workout| Canoe

College:

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared reprisals at home after criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Games said Thursday that her grandmother advised her not to return to Belarus but she urged her fellow citizens “not to be afraid.”

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left the Games and arrived in Poland on Wednesday, days after she accused team officials of trying to force her to fly back to Belarus, where an authoritarian government has relentlessly pursued its critics. She told reporters Thursday that the officials told her to say she was injured and had to go home early, but she refused.

Parents:

Father Name: Mark Harrison

Mother Name: Laura Worthen

Siblings: Brother: Finley Harrison

Nevin is a very talented, hardworking and successful canoeist. She is known for her brilliant skills and great tactics that she shows in the games.  She is one of the youngest world champions in the sport. 

Workout:

With women’s canoe making its debut in the Olympic Games, there is one name already being groomed for Olympic success: Nevin Harrison.

The teenager superstar burst into the international scene in 2019 when she was 17-years-old and won gold at the C1 200m in the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Hungary – the only American to secure a medal in that event – a feat which she repeated again in September 2020.

Canoe:

There are so few top American canoeists and kayakers that growing up in Seattle, Nevin Harrison’s idols were athletes in other sports such as Gabby Douglas and Allyson Felix.

Now aspiring American canoeists can look to the 19-year-old as an icon after she won the women’s canoe single 200m sprint on Thursday in the flat-water race’s Olympic debut.