Curt Harnett

{{Short description|Canadian cyclist (born 1965)}}

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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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{{MedalSport | Men's cycling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1984 Los Angeles | 1 km time trial}}

{{MedalBronze| 1992 Barcelona | Sprint}}

{{MedalBronze| 1996 Atlanta | Sprint}}

{{MedalCompetition|UCI Track World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1990 Maebashi|Sprint}}

{{MedalSilver |1995 Bogota|Sprint}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1990 Auckland | Match Sprint}}

{{MedalSilver | 1994 Victoria | Match Sprint}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1987 Indianapolis | 1000m Time Trial}}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 Indianapolis | Match Sprint}}

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Curtis "Curt" Melvin Harnett, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born 14 May 1965) is a Canadian racing cyclist. He began cycling as a way to stay in shape for hockey. He competed in four Olympic Games, winning three medals, one silver and two bronze.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235833/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/curt-harnett-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/curt-harnett-1.html |title=Curt Harnett Olympic Results |work=Sports Reference}}

Harnett also has three medals from the Commonwealth Games and three medals from the Pan American Games. He held the world record for the 200 metre time trial for 11 years, bested in 2006 by Dutchman Theo Bos. After retiring from cycling in 1996, he attended the Sydney and Athens Olympic Games as a commentator for CBC Sports.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=240&catID=all&lang=EN |title=Honoured Member Curt Harnett |work=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220212309/http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=240&catID=all&lang=EN |archive-date=20 February 2015|url-status=dead}} Harnett was introduced into the Lehigh Valley Velodrome Cycling Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.thevelodrome.com/hall-of-fame/ |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=Valley Preferred Cycling Centre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211195235/http://www.thevelodrome.com/hall-of-fame/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2014}} He was the chef de mission for Team Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/harnett-chef-ready-olympics-1.3533757 |title=Curt Harnett 'natural' fit to step in as last-minute chef de mission|last=Heroux|first=David|date=13 April 2016 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=27 May 2016}} In 2018, Harnett was made a Member of the Order of Canada.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/order-of-canada-harnett-1.4471403 |title=Olympic cyclist from Thunder Bay, Ont. appointed to Order of Canada |date=3 January 2018 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=20 July 2021}}