Autographed photograph of Kayla Harrison when she won a gold medal in judo during the 2012 London Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: 2012
name: label: depicted
content: Harrison, Kayla
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Autographed photograph of Kayla Harrison during the 2012 London Olympic Games when she became the first American (male or female) to win a gold medal in the sport of judo. Harrison began her judo career at age 6 and quickly rose to the top of the junior level field winning the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Junior US Open. In 2008, she became the third American to win the Junior World Championships and in 2010 only the fourth American to win the Senior World Championship. Harrison went on to become the only American to ever win an Olympic gold medal in judo at the 2012 and 1016 Olympic Games.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries represented. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, this Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and also the first at which each country entered had a female representative. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. The United States won the medal count with 104.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Judo
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0018.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0018
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0018.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, judo
label: Object Name
content: photograph, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm