Chanice Porter

Chanice Porter (born 25 May 1994) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in long jump.[1] She represented Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's long jump.[2]

Chanice Porter
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump
Medal record
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 FreeportLong jump
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 LilleLong jump
Bronze medal – third place2011 LilleHigh jump

She has qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

High School career

An athletic standout at Manchester High School, she competed primarily in the high jump and long jump events at the junior level. However, as a class four athlete, she finished sixth in the 100 metre dash.

At the 2008 ISSA Boys and Girls Champs, Porter earned fourth and sixth-place finishes in the long jump and high jump respectively. These finishes were improved upon at the 2009 championships. Here, she earned a bronze medal in the high jump and silver in the long jump events in the Girls Class 3 category.[4]

She went on to set a meet record of 6.43 metres in the long jump event at the 2010 championships.

Porter earned silver medals in the Class 2 high jump and long jump events at the 2011 staging of the championships. She completed her high school career by earning gold medal finishes in both the Class 1 high jump and long jump. She posted new meet records of 1.86 metres and 6.52 metres respectively, erasing the previous high jump record which had stood for 9 years prior.[5]

References
  1. "Chanice Porter Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. "Long Jump women. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. "Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. "Boys and Girls National Championships 2009 - 4/1/2009 to 4/4/2009" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. "Jamaica National Championship Meet". Archived from the original on 2017-03-25. Retrieved 31 July 2021.


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