Nyasha Harris

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Nyasha Harris
Personal information
NationalityBelizean
Born (2007-06-29) 29 June 2007 (age 18)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 12.04 (San Salvador, 2025)
200m: 25.37 (San Salvador, 2025)

Nyasha Harris (born 29 June 2007) is a Belizean sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. [1]

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Career

Early career

Harris is from a family of athletes, with both her parents and her aunt all competing in track and field. She attended Saint Catherine Academy in Belize City. [2] [3] Having studied Business Entrepreneurship she trained primarily at the Marion Jones Sports Complex in Belize City, she was a member of ten Belizean U18 sprint relay team which won the gold medal at the CADICA U18 Athletics Championships in Guatemala in 2023, but suffered a muscle injury in 2024 which ruled her out of competing in the first half of 2024. [4] [5]

Harris qualified for the final of the 100 metres race at the 2024 CODICADER Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, before winning the event in a time of 12.31 seconds, at the age of 17 years-old. [3] [2] She also finished in second place overall in the 200 metres race at the Games. [6] In November 2024, she won the U18 100m and 200m at the Copa Revolución in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. [7]

2025: World championships debut

In February 2025, she won four gold events at the ATLIB Track and Field Championships, including becoming national champion in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and high jump. [4] She then won the U20 100 metres and 200 metres races at the Second Athletics Cup 2025, in Mérida, Yucatán in Mexico. [8] [9]

Harris won the gold medal in the 100 metres and the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the CADICA Central American Athletics U20 Championships in San Salvador, El Salvador in June 2025, running the 100m in 12.04 seconds and the 200m in 22.45 seconds. She later anchored the Belizean U20 girls relay team in the 4 × 100 metres relay to win the silver medal in 51.35 seconds. [10]

She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, running 12.25 seconds without advancing to the semi-finals. [11]

References

  1. "Nyasha Harris". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Belizean Student Wins Gold in 100-Meter Final at CODICADER Games". lovefm.com. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Nyasha Harris Wins Gold at CODICADER Games". Greater Belize. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Nyasha Harris Set Eyes on Olympics 2028". Greater Belize. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  5. "Brooklyn Lyttle wins 4 gold medals, sets new Central American record in long jump at CADICA U18-U20 Athletics Championships in Guatemala". Breaking Belize News. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  6. "Juegos Deportivos Estudiantiles CODICADER". World Athletics. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  7. "Belizean Athletes Shine at 8th Annual Copa Revolución, Winning Multiple Medals in Playa del Carmen". Lovefm. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  8. "Team Belize Returns Home Victorious From 2025 Athletics Cup". Lovefm. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  9. "Belizean Athletes Shine with 10 Medals at Mérida Championship". Greater Belize. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  10. "Belize athletes win 10 medals at CADICA Central American U-18/U-20 championships". Amandala. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  11. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.