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{{short description|American sprinter}}
{{for|the singer|Damon Harris}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Otis Harris
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 30, 1982}}
| birth_place = [[Edwards, Mississippi]], U.S.
| sport = [[Running]]
| event = [[400 meters]]
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{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 metres relay]]}}
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'''Otis Harris Jr.''' (born June 30, 1982, in [[Edwards, Mississippi]]) is an American [[track and field]] athlete. He won the silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 meters]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].

Harris attended Hinds Agricultural High School in [[Utica, Mississippi]], and collected several honors during his high school career, being named first team All-American just being one of them. He twice won the 400 meters in the junior Olympics and led his team to three state championships. In 2000 he enrolled at the [[University of South Carolina Columbia|University of South Carolina]]. As a [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's track and field|Gamecock]], he was a member of their 2002 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] championship {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay team and finished as the runner-up in the 400&nbsp;m in 2003.

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] Harris won the silver medal in the 400 meters. He came in second in both of his qualifying runs before placing second to fellow US team member [[Jeremy Wariner]] in the final. [[Derrick Brew]] came in third and all three athletes together with [[Darold Williamson]] won a gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay]] for the United States. One month later Harris finished third at the [[2004 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]].

Harris trains with his college coach [[Curtis Frye]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], [[South Carolina]]. He has not run under 45 seconds since 2004, nor has he competed in a major international championship.

==References==
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* {{World Athletics}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323084754/http://uscsports.collegesports.com/sports/m-track/mtt/harris_otis00.html |title=Otis Harris at uscsports.com |date=mdy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050320001527/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_22299.htm |title=Otis Harris at the U.S. Olympic Team |date=mdy}}

==External links==
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|otis-harris}}

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