ALEX PORTER | Scotch College CC (SA)
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Just a few years after starting cycling, Adelaide's Porter (born 13/05/1996) claimed the 2014 junior team pursuit world title and just a few months later collected his maiden elite victory with World Cup gold in the points race.
In 2016, he claimed his first team pursuit world title, and followed this up in 2017, followed by the 2018 Madison crown. Alex kicked off 2018 strong with appearances at the Santos Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and TrackNats. With Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard and Kelland O’Brien, he teamed to become the first team in history to break the three-minute (3:49.804) fifty-second barrier on their way to winning gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. The quartet then smashed this at the 2019 Track Worlds Championships (3min 48.012sec) giving Porter a third career world title. At the 2020 Track Worlds Championships in Germany, Porter, Welsford, Howard, Scott and Plapp (3:50.015) fell just two-hundredths of a second off the podium when they finished fourth. MAJOR RESULTSOLYMPIC GAMES
Targeting Tokyo 2020 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
2018 GOLD COAST GOLD Team Pursuit (Sam Welsford, Kelland O'Brien, Alex Porter, Leigh Howard) *world record WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2019 Pruszkow POL GOLD Team Pursuit (Sam Welsford, Kelland O'Brien, Alex Porter, Cameron Scott, Leigh Howard) *world record 2017 Hong Kong HKG GOLD Team Pursuit (With Meyer, O'Brien, Welsford, Wight & Yallouris) 2016 London GBR GOLD Team Pursuit JUNIOR 2014 Gwang Myeong KOR (Under 19) 1st Team Pursuit National Championships
2019 SILVER Team Pursuit 2018 GOLD Madison SILVER Omnium 2017 GOLD Omnium SILVER Team Pursuit BRONZE Madison 4th Scratch Race 2016 GOLD Team Pursuit BRONZE 1km Time Trial 2015 GOLD Team Pursuit |
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