Katrina Porter

{{short description|Australian Paralympic swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox swimmer|

| name = Katrina Porter

| image = 170511 - Katrina Porter - 3b - 2012 Team processing.jpg

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| caption = 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Porter

| fullname = Katrina Porter

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| nationality = {{AUS}}

| classification = S7, SB6, SM7

| strokes = Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

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| height = {{convert|1.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|52|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's paralympic swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | 100 m backstroke S7}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Durban | 100 m breaststroke SB6}}

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Katrina Porter, {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-01-27/medal-of-the-order-of-australia-oam/274232|title=Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)|publisher=ABC News|date=27 January 2009|access-date=30 December 2011}} (born 29 November 1988){{cite book|title=Media guide : 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|author=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney, Australia|year=2008}} is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Perth with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a condition that causes muscle weakness and joint stiffness. She used hydrotherapy as a child and moved to competitive swimming at the age of ten.{{cite web|title=Katrina Porter Profile|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=689564|work=IPC Swimming Website|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=13 March 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004039/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=689564|url-status=dead}}

File:060912 - Katrina Porter - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics.JPG

She competed in three events but did not win any medals in the 2004 Athens Games.{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Porter&fname=Katrina&gender=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=4 February 2012}} At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100{{nbsp}}m breaststroke SB6. At the 2008 Beijing Games, she competed in five events and won a gold medal in the Women's 100{{nbsp}}m backstroke S7 event in a world record, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.

She has been an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder.{{cite web|title=AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/paralympics |work=Australian Sports Commission Website |access-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223114749/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/paralympics |archive-date=23 February 2012 }} She is a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.{{cite web|title=Evans Crowned WA Swimmer of the Year|url=http://www.wais.org.au/other/news_detail.php?ID=1284|work=WAIS News, 20 June 2011|publisher=Western Australian Institute of Sport|access-date=13 March 2012}}

In 2010, she was a finalist for the Western Australia Young Australian of the Year award.{{cite web|title=Biographies of the State and Territory finalists 2010|url=http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/pages/page573.asp|work=Australian of the Year Website|access-date=13 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229144453/http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/pages/page573.asp|archive-date=29 February 2012}} In 2011, she was named the Western Australian Multi Class Swimmer of the Year. Her ex-partner Michael Hartnett has represented Australia in wheelchair basketball.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}