Katrina Porter
 2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Porter | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Katrina Porter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 November 1988 Perth, Western Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S7, SB6, SM7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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 100m 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.
References
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- 1 2 "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". ABC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ↑ Australian Paralympic Committee (2008). Media guide : 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Sydney, Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee.
- 1 2 3 "Katrina Porter Profile". IPC Swimming Website. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ↑ "AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- 1 2 "Evans Crowned WA Swimmer of the Year". WAIS News, 20 June 2011. Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "Biographies of the State and Territory finalists 2010". Australian of the Year Website. Retrieved 13 March 2012.