Geoffrey Harris (born January 30, 1987, in Halifax,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

) is a Canadian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

. Harris qualified for the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the 800 metres event with two Olympic standards and a first-place finish at the 2012 Canadian Olympics field & Track in Calgary. At the Olympics, he reached the semi-finals.

Career highlights

* 2nd, 2012 Olympic Games Preliminary Heats in a personal best 1:45.97 * 1st, 2012 National Championships, Calgary, Canada (Olympic Standard). * 10th, 2006

IAAF World Junior Championships The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the yea ...

, Beijing, China. * Best time 600m: 1:18.36, Montréal, 27/01/2007 * Best time 800m: 1:45.97, 2012 Olympic Games, London, 06/08/2012

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IAAF profile
1987 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canadian male middle-distance runners Living people Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub