Maddie Harris

Maddie Harris

Personal information
Birth name	Madelyn Harris
Born	(2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Javelin: 60.73 m (Eugene, 2023)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  United States Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Javelin throw

Maddie Harris (born 2 November 2000) is an American javelin thrower. She was American national champion in 2023 and a bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.^[1]

From Missouri, she attended Lee's Summit West High School. As well as track and field, she competed in Softball in high school.^[2]

She won the javelin throw at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in July 2023 in Eugene, Oregon, with a personal best throw of 60.73 metres.^[3][4] Later that year, she won the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile with a distance of 60.06 m, behind Colombian Flor Ruíz and Rhema Otabor of the Bahamas.^[5][6]

Competing for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, she won the Big Ten Championships in Eugene in May 2025 with a throw of 58.38 metres.^[7] The following month, she finished in fifth place at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, with a throw of 58.36 metres.^[8][9] She then also placed fifth overall in the javelin throw at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene with a throw of 55.17 metres.^[10]