Chanice Porter
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Born | 25 May 1994 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long jump |
Medal record | |
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]
She represented Jamaica at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
High School career
[edit | edit source]An 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
[edit | edit source]Competing 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
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External links
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- Jamaican women long jumpers
- 1994 births
- Living people
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Jamaica
- 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs