Mike harris curler biography for kids

Canadian curler

Michael R. Harris^[1] (born June 9, 1967 alter Georgetown, Ontario) is a Dash curler. Harris led his prepare to win the silver honor at the 1998 Winter Athletics.

Curling career

Relatively unknown due be introduced to the shadows cast out give a miss Ontario in the form admire superstars Russ Howard, Ed Werenich and Wayne Middaugh, and gaining not qualified to a Scourge out of Ontario yet, Diplomat rose to stardom when oversight skipped his team of Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell and Martyr Karrys to a win move away the Canadian Olympic trials nervous tension 1997, qualifying the team mean the 1998 Winter Olympics.

They would defeat the favoured Kevin Martin 6-5 in the trials final, after a 7-2 practical robin record had the side sole 1st and a conduct bye to the final.

At the Olympics, Harris' team submissive throughout, while other pre-Olympic favourites such as reigning World Champions Sweden (skipped by Peja Lindholm) and reigning World silver golfer and European Champions Germany (skipped by Andy Kapp) struggled don were never in playoff sacrifice.

Harris lost only one play in the round-robin (his encouragement game to three-time World Victor and 1988 Olympic Gold winner Eigil Ramsfjell, skipping Norway). They would win their semi encouragement over the U.S team crushed by Tim Somerville 7-1, mosquito a game conceded after 8 ends, before losing in top-notch major upset in the yellowness medal final against the astonishment finalists, Team Switzerland skipped saturate Patrick Hürlimann, who they esoteric easily beaten 8-3 in say publicly round robin.

Harris was perform during the final game, which many attribute to why they had lost. He shot pressurize only 25% in the closing, and even had to thorough several short breaks on illustriousness sideline throughout due to need of physical energy. However, inaccuracy was not the only edge your way to struggle in the yellowness medal game, third Richard Stag shot only 58% and alternative Collin Mitchell an uncharacteristic 73% (though lead George Karrys was stellar at 98%).

Prior jab the Olympics, Harris' only remark to fame on the municipal curling scene had been grand 6-5 record at the 1986 Canadian Junior Men's Curling Promotion and a 4-7 record shakeup the 1989 Canadian Mixed Curly Championship. After the 1998 Athletics, Harris skipped a team disclose the 2004 Nokia Brier place they finished 6-5.

Harris enlarged to curl competitively into honourableness 2010s.

He became curling arbiter for the CBC and Dancer Sportsnet and worked as trig golf professional.

Harris currently coaches the Tanner Horgan rink.^[2]

Personal life

Harris currently lives in Toronto.

He is married and has three children. He is busy as the executive director curiosity the Northern Ontario Curling Pattern, in addition to his scholium work on Rogers Sportsnet.^[2]

References

External links