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Full name | Katrina Porter | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 29 November 1988||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 ]
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