Katrina Porter

Katrina Porter

2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Porter
Personal information
Full name	Katrina Porter
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1988-11-29) 29 November 1988 (age 36) Perth, Western Australia
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke
Classifications	S7, SB6, SM7
Medal record Women's paralympic swimming Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke S7 World Championships (LC) 2006 Durban 100 m breaststroke SB6

Katrina Porter, OAM[1] (born 29 November 1988)[2] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Perth with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a condition that causes muscle weakness and joint stiffness.[3] She used hydrotherapy as a child and moved to competitive swimming at the age of ten.[3]

Porter at the 2012 London Paralympics

She competed in three events but did not win any medals in the 2004 Athens Games.[4] At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6. At the 2008 Beijing Games, she competed in five events and won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m backstroke S7 event in a world record,[4] for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1]

She has been an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder.[5] She is a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[6]

In 2010, she was a finalist for the Western Australia Young Australian of the Year award.[7] In 2011, she was named the Western Australian Multi Class Swimmer of the Year.[6] Her ex-partner Michael Hartnett has represented Australia in wheelchair basketball.[3]

She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[citation needed]

References

1. "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
2. Australian Paralympic Committee (2008). Media guide : 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Sydney, Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee.
3. "Katrina Porter Profile". IPC Swimming Website. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
4. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
5. "AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
6. "Evans Crowned WA Swimmer of the Year". WAIS News, 20 June 2011. Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
7. "Biographies of the State and Territory finalists 2010". Australian of the Year Website. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

External links

• Katrina Porter on Twitter