Tiffany Porter
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| Birth name | Tiffany Ofili | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Tiffany Porter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British-American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 November 1987[1] Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United Kingdom United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) |
60 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles 200 metres Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Rana Reider[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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60m hurdles: 7.80 NR (2011)[5] 100m hurdles: 12.51 (2014) Long jump: 6.48m (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tiffany Porter (née Ofili; born 13 November 1987) is British-American track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented the United States as a junior, but began representing Great Britain in 2010 after moving to England and competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.[6]
Porter won a bronze medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2013 World Championships. In 2014 she won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. Later in 2014 she took her first major title, a gold medal at the European Championships, becoming the first British woman to win a European title in the event. Her personal best of 12.51 is the current British record. She is also a two-time medallist over 60 m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships
Early life
Tiffany Porter's father Felix is Nigerian, her mother Lalana is British of African descent. She herself was born in the United States. Porter has held both American and British nationality since her birth. She has therefore been eligible to represent both the United States and Great Britain. She describes herself as "proud to be American, British and Nigerian".[7]
Athletics career
As an American athlete, Porter represented the United States at the inaugural NACAC Championships winning a silver medal. However, at the end of the 2010 season, she changed her allegiance to Great Britain. Commenting on her switch, she said: "I knew I was going to perform no matter what vest I had on. I have always regarded myself as British, American and Nigerian. I'm all three."[8]
On 29 May 2011, at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Porter broke Angie Thorp's 15-year-old British record of 12.80s in the 100m Hurdles with a run of 12.77s.[9] Thorp said that losing her record had made her "devastated". She stated that if a British-born athlete, for example Jessica Ennis or Sarah Claxton, who at the time both had personal bests of 12.81s, had broken her record she would have been "the first to congratulate", but as Porter had transferred from the United States, she was "absolutely distraught".[10]
Porter lowered her British record on 22 July 2011, with a time of 12.60s at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, breaking her previous personal best of 12.73s (set when she was still a US athlete). Her record was broken on 3 August 2012 by Jessica Ennis in the London Olympics heptathlon achieving 12.54s.[11] In September 2011 she was nominated for "European Athlete of the Year".[12] In October 800m runner Mariya Savinova was announced as the winner.[13]
UK Athletics head coach, Charles van Commenee gave Porter the responsibility of the team captaincy ahead of the 2012 World Indoor Championships in March;[14] she was subsequently labelled a "Plastic Brit" after refusing (or being unable) to recite the words of the British national anthem in a press conference.[15]
In 2012 Porter was nominated for "European Athlete of the Month" twice. In March she was nominated along with fellow Brits Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Yamile Aldama.[16] She was nominated again in May, this time with Hannah England and eventual winner Jessica Ennis.[17]
In 2013 Porter switched coaches from James Henry to Rana Reider, and moved to Loughborough to train with Reider's group at Loughborough University's High Performance Centre.[3] At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, she won a Bronze medal in the 100 m Hurdles in a personal best time of 12.55 seconds, just one hundredth of a second off Jessica Ennis' British record of 12.54.
Porter began 2014 by winning a bronze medal in the 60 m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships. Then in August, she ran 12.80 to win a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, behind Sally Pearson of Australia. Two weeks later, she won the European Championships in Zurich, with a time of 12.76. In September, at the IAAF Continental Cup, she broke the UK record with a time of 12.51 secs, finishing behind Dawn Harper-Nelson of the USA.
Personal life
Porter is the older sister of the hurdler Cindy Ofili, who also competes for Great Britain.
Porter married American hurdler Jeff Porter in May 2011,[9] and began to compete under her married name in July 2011, initially as Tiffany Ofili-Porter, then simply as Tiffany Porter.[18] She graduated from the University of Michigan with a PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) degree in 2012.[19]
Achievements
References
- 1 2 3 "Tiffany Porter". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ↑ Matthew Nash (2 March 2011). "Tiffany Ofili: 'Representing UK, not USA, always at the back of my mind'". Metro.co.uk (Associated Newspapers). Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- 1 2 Porter, Tiffany (21 June 2013). "Tiffany Porter: It felt like the first day at a new school but I’m glad I made the move". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ "Athlete Profile". Power of 10. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ↑ "GB's Tiffany Ofili wins European indoor hurdles silver". BBC Sport. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Ten Essential Facts about...Tiffany Porter", London Evening Standard, 7 August 2012
- ↑ Tiffany Porter: I am proud to be American, British and Nigerian, The Guardian, 28 May 2012
- ↑ Alex Sphinx (5 March 2011). "Tiffany Ofili smashes record held by Jess Ennis to take European silver". Mirror Online (Mirror Group Newspapers). Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- 1 2 "Proctor adds Caribbean flavour to lift British medal prospects". The Independent. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ↑ Martin Samuel (27 June 2011). "Losing my record to a Plastic Brit has left me devastated". Mail Online (Associated Newspapers). Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Mo Farah and Tiffany Ofili-Porter set records in Monaco". BBC Sport. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ↑ "Williams is Rising Star". uka.org.uk. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ↑ "Russia’s Savinova voted 2011 European Athlete of the Year". european-athletics.org. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ↑ "Van Commenee defends handing GB captaincy to US-born Porter". bbc.co.uk. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ↑ Jonathan McEvoy (8 March 2012). "Tiffany Porter to lead Team GB at World Indoor Championships | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ "vote for european athlete of the month for march". uka.org.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ↑ "vote in athlete of the month for may". uka.org.uk. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ↑ "Tiffany Porter: Set to silence critics by being plastic fantastic". The Independent. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ↑ "Tiffany Porter: I am proud to be American, British and Nigerian". guardian.co.uk (Guardian News and Media). 28 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
External links
- Tiffany Porter profile at IAAF
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