Giordan Harris


Giordan Kariara Harris is a competitive swimmer from Ebeye Island, Kwajalein Atoll, of the Marshall Islands. Harris participated in various international competitions, including the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, the World Championships, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

International career

2013 Received the , to Iowa Lakes College
2014 - 2015 Iowa Lakes Community College Team Captain
2015 NJCAA All American

Training

Trained with Kwajalein Swim Team until the age of 15.
2010-2012 training location: , Geneva, Ohio, under Coach: Jim Bocci
2013-2015 training location: , , Estherville, Iowa, under Coach: Jonathan Jordan
2015-2016 training location: - Jacksonville, Florida, under Coach: Jon Sakovich
2016-2018 , , St. Louis, MO

Early life

Giordan was raised on Ebeye Island, the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, where his mother, Mary Harris, was born. His mom regularly took him to the lagoon as a baby, where he spent countless hours swimming. He started swim team at the age of six and was the first swimmer from Ebeye to be a part of Kwajalein Swim Team on the neighboring US military base which houses the only pool in the Marshall Islands. He traveled to and from practice from Ebeye to Kwajalein, by ferry that took a half hour each way. During training for competitions he would travel back and forth for morning practice and again for evening practice, being on the ferry 4 times in a day.
Giordan is the oldest of three, and has two sisters, Jayana and Jolina. His sister Jolina, is an elite swimmer with Special Olympics with dreams of swimming at the Olympics like her brother. He continues to coach her on his visits home.