Alexander Porter (cyclist) explained
Alexander Porter |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1996 |
Birth Place: | Adelaide, Australia |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Weight: | 72 kg |
Discipline: | Track, road |
Role: | Rider |
Amateuryears1: | 2016 |
Amateurteam1: | ILLI-Bikes Cycling Team |
Amateuryears2: | 2017 |
Amateuryears3: | 2020 |
Amateurteam3: | Lexus of Blackburn |
Amateuryears4: | 2020 |
Amateurteam4: | Scotch College South Australia CC |
Proyears1: | 2018 |
Proyears2: | 2019 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Alexander Porter (born 13 May 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist.[1] Porter qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Weisford and Leigh Howard. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Porter also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.[2]
Porter rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a gold medal.[3] [4]
Major results
Track
- 2014
1st Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships
Oceania Junior Track Championships
1st Scratch race
2nd Omnium
2nd Scratch race, Oceania Track Championships
- 2015
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
UCI Track World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Hong Kong
3rd Team pursuit, Cali
- 2016
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Oceania Track Championships
1st Scratch race
1st Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
- 2017
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2018
1st Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
UCI Track World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Berlin
Oceania Track Championships
1st Madison
2nd Points race
- 2019
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
UCI Track World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Brisbane
2nd Team pursuit, Cambridge
- 2021
3rd Team pursuit, Summer OlympicsRoad
- 2016
1st Stage 3 Tour of the Great South Coast
2nd Overall Tour of the King Valley
- 2017
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Criterium
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
4th Time trial, National Road ChampionshipsNotes and References
- Web site: Alexander Porter . 2 March 2016 . Cycling Archives.
- Web site: Leigh HOWARD. 2021-12-23. Olympics.com.
- http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030D0001010463FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01 Start list
- http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030D0001010401FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Final Results