Chanice Porter (born 25 May 1994) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in long jump.[1] She represented Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's long jump.[2]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||
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She represented Jamaica at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
High School career
editAn athletic standout at Manchester High School, she competed primarily in the high jump and long jump events at the junior level. However, as a class four athlete, she finished sixth in the 100 metres.
At the 2008 ISSA Boys and Girls Champs, Porter earned fourth and sixth-place finishes in the long jump and high jump respectively. These finishes were improved upon at the 2009 championships. Here, she earned a bronze medal in the high jump and silver in the long jump events in the Girls Class 3 category.[5]
She went on to set a meet record of 6.43 metres in the long jump event at the 2010 championships.[citation needed]
Porter earned silver medals in the Class 2 high jump and long jump events at the 2011 staging of the championships. She completed her high school career by earning gold medal finishes in both the Class 1 high jump and long jump. She posted new meet records of 1.86 metres and 6.52 metres respectively, erasing the previous high jump record which had stood for 9 years prior.[6]
NCAA career
editCompeting for the Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field team, Porter won the 2016 long jump at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Chanice Porter Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Long Jump women. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo". jamaica-gleaner.com. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Jamaica names team for Paris Olympic Games". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Boys and Girls National Championships 2009 - 4/1/2009 to 4/4/2009" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Jamaica National Championship Meet". Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Greenberg @EvanGreenberg8, Evan (10 June 2016). "Chanice Porter wins NCAA long jump championship". The Red & Black. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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External links
edit- Chanice Porter at World Athletics
- Chanice Porter at Diamond League
- Chanice Porter at TFRRS.org
- Chanice Porter at Olympics.com
- Chanice Porter at Olympedia
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