Doreen Porter
Porter breaking the tape and the New Zealand record | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 July 1941 (age 83) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 yards | |||||||||||||||||
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Doreen Helen Porter (born 21 July 1941), later Doreen Porter-Shann, is a former sprinter from New Zealand. She won a silver medal in the women's 100 yards and was a member of the bronze medal winning 4 x 100 yards relay team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In April 1964 Porter set the record for the fastest women's 220 yard race held in the United States. In October of that year she also competed in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.