Cyril Porter

{{Short description|British athlete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Cyril Porter

| image =

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| nationality = British (English)

| sport = Athletics

| event = long-distance

| club = University of Oxford AC
Achilles Club

| birth_date = 12 January 1890

| birth_place = Bridstow, England

| death_date = 16 January 1964 (aged 74)

| death_place = Callow, England

| medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}

{{Medal|Olympics}}

{{MedalBronze| 1912 Stockholm | 3000 m team race}}

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Cyril Henry Atwell Porter (12 January 1890 – 16 January 1964) was a British track and field athlete who competed mainly long-distance running, who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. {{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Cyril Porter Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = March 2013|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/cyril-porter-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042936/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/cyril-porter-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|accessdate = 2013-03-17}}

Biography

Porter was born in Bridstow, Herefordshire{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69398 |title=Cyril Porter |work=Olympedia |access-date=19 April 2021}} and studied at Brasenose College, Oxford.{{cite web|title=Oxonian Olympians |publisher=University of Oxford |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html |accessdate=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920083635/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html |archivedate=20 September 2012 }}

He competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, in the 3000 metre team, where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Joe Cottrill and George Hutson.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/cyril-porter/4uGgi4n8YeIePo9KEFeTZq |title=Cyril Porter |website=Team GB |access-date=17 April 2025}}

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