birth_place article_title name birth_date
georgetown , ontario mike harris -lrb- curler -rrb-
 mike harris 9 june 1967
mike harris -lrb- curler -rrb-

mike harris -lrb- born june 9 , 1967 in georgetown , ontario -rrb- is a canadian curler .
mike harris was the golf professional at donalda club in toronto , ontario .
relatively unknown , harris rose to stardom when he skipped his team of richard hart , collin mitchell and george karrys to a win at the 1998 canadian olympic trials , qualifying the team for the 1998 winter olympics .
at the olympics , harris ' team had only lost one game in the round-robin before losing the gold medal final against the swiss team skipped by patrick hürlimann .
harris was ill during the final game , which many attribute to why they had lost .
prior to the olympics , harris ' only claim to fame on the national curling scene had been 6-5 record at the 1986 canadian junior championships and a 4-7 record at the 1989 canadian mixed curling championship .
after the 1998 olympics , harris skipped a team to the 2004 nokia brier where they finished 6-5 .
harris continues to curl competitively , and is now also a curling commentator for the cbc and a golf professional .
mike recently played a large role in the telus skins game , where he co-ordinated the pro-am tournament .
