Katrina Porter

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title: "Katrina Porter" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["paralympic-swimmers-for-australia", "swimmers-at-the-2004-summer-paralympics", "swimmers-at-the-2008-summer-paralympics", "paralympic-gold-medalists-for-australia", "les-autres-category-paralympic-competitors", "recipients-of-the-medal-of-the-order-of-australia", "1988-births", "living-people", "australian-institute-of-sport-paralympic-swimmers", "swimmers-at-the-2012-summer-paralympics", "western-australian-institute-of-sport-alumni", "sportswomen-from-western-australia", "swimmers-from-perth,-western-australia", "medalists-at-the-2008-summer-paralympics", "s7-classified-para-swimmers", "medalists-at-the-world-para-swimming-championships", "paralympic-medalists-in-swimming", "australian-female-freestyle-swimmers", "australian-female-breaststroke-swimmers", "australian-female-backstroke-swimmers", "21st-century-australian-sportswomen"] description: "Australian Paralympic swimmer" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Porter" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian Paralympic swimmer ::

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Field	Value
name	Katrina Porter
image	170511 - Katrina Porter - 3b - 2012 Team processing.jpg
caption	2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Porter
fullname	Katrina Porter
nationality
classification	S7, SB6, SM7
strokes	Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke
birth_date
birth_place	Perth, Western Australia
height	1.55 m
weight	52 kg
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| name = Katrina Porter | image = 170511 - Katrina Porter - 3b - 2012 Team processing.jpg | imagesize = | caption = 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Porter | fullname = Katrina Porter | nicknames = | nationality = | classification = S7, SB6, SM7 | strokes = Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke | club = | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = | birth_place = Perth, Western Australia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.55 m | weight = 52 kg | medaltemplates = Katrina Porter, (born 29 November 1988) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She was born in Perth with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a condition that causes muscle weakness and joint stiffness. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/060912_-Katrina_Porter-3b-_2012_Summer_Paralympics.JPG" caption="Porter at the 2012 London Paralympics"] ::

She competed in three events but did not win any medals in the 2004 Athens Games. At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m breaststroke SB6. At the 2008 Beijing Games, she competed in five events and won a gold medal in the Women's 100m 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. She is a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

In 2010, she was a finalist for the Western Australia Young Australian of the Year award. 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.

References

References

1. (27 January 2009). "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)". [[ABC News (Australia).
2. Australian Paralympic Committee. (2008). "Media guide : 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games". Australian Paralympic Committee.
3. "Katrina Porter Profile". International Paralympic Committee.
4. "Athlete Search Results". [[International Paralympic Committee]].
5. "AIS Roll of Honour for the Paralympics". Australian Sports Commission Website.
6. "Evans Crowned WA Swimmer of the Year". Western Australian Institute of Sport.
7. "Biographies of the State and Territory finalists 2010". Australian of the Year Website.

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