George Karrys (born February 15, 1967) is a

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retired curler and journalist. He won a silver medal at the

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"1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 20, 2008) with

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, Richard Hart, and

Collin Mitchell Collin Mitchell (born September 23, 1969 in Freeport, Bahamas) is a Canadian curler and coach from Brooklin, Ontario. He is an Olympic silver medallist. He received a silver medal with the Mike Harris curling team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in ...

. Karrys is the former owner of and current Editor-In-Chief of ''

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'', now owned by Roustan Media in partnership with ''

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'' as well as the former

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media relations officer. Karrys was also the technical consultant for the movie ''

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'' and also played Barnhart in the movie.

Career

Karrys played most of his career with skip

. He won the Ontario provincial junior championship with Harris in 1986. Karrys, with Harris, recorded a surprise victory over Kevin Martin at the

1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held from November 22 to 30, 1997 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Wi ...

, and went on to represent Canada at the

. They went undefeated until the final, where they lost to Switzerland's

Patrick Hürlimann Patrick Hürlimann (born 9 July 1963) is a Swiss curler, Olympic champion, and Vice-President of the World Curling Federation (WCF). He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.Ontario men's provincial championships with Harris, finishing twice as runner-up, and won various

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events. The team disbanded in 2000. Karrys retired in about 2003.http://www.viktre.com/george-karrys-5365/roller-coaster-on-the-medal-podium

Coaching career

Karrys served as the coach for the

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n teams at the

2002 European Curling Championships The 2002 European Curling Championships were held in Grindelwald, Switzerland December 5–14. Men's A tournament Final round robin standings Playoffs =Semifinals= ''December 13th, 20:00'' =Bronze Medal Game= ''December 14th, 14:00'' = ...

skipped by Josep Duro and

Ana Arce Ana Arce (born 5 January 1964) is a photographer and former skip of the Andorran national women's curling team. She now plays on the Spain, Spanish national team. Photography She produced the ''Ana Arce Team Sponsorship Calendar 2006'' featuring ...

References

External links

George Karrys' Webpage
* 1967 births Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Canada Olympic medalists in curling Olympic silver medalists for Canada Curlers from Toronto Canadian male curlers Canadian newspaper editors {{Canada-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub