# Alexander Porter (cyclist) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Porter_(cyclist) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Porter_(cyclist).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Porter_(cyclist) > Source revision: 1309276904 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Australian cyclist Alexander Porter Porter in 2018 Personal information Born (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 30) Adelaide, Australia Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Team information Current team Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team Discipline Track, road Role Rider Amateur teams 2016 ILLI-Bikes Cycling Team 2017 Mitchelton Scott 2020 Lexus of Blackburn 2020 Scotch College South Australia CC Professional teams 2018 Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team 2019 Pro Racing Sunshine Coast Medal record Representing Australia Men's track cycling Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit World Championships 2016 London Team pursuit 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit **Alexander Porter** (born 13 May 1996) is an Australian professional [racing cyclist](/source/Cycle_sport).[1] Porter qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the [Men's team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) together with [Kelland O'Brien](/source/Kelland_O'Brien), [Sam Weisford](/source/Sam_Welsford) and [Leigh Howard](/source/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](/source/2016_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) at the [2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships](/source/2016_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) winning a gold medal.[3][4] ## Major results ### Track **2014** - 1st Team pursuit, [UCI Junior Track World Championships](/source/2014_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) - Oceania Junior Track Championships - 1st Scratch race - 2nd Omnium - 2nd Scratch race, Oceania Track Championships **2015** - 1st Team pursuit, [National Track Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - [UCI Track World Cup](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup) - 1st Team pursuit, Hong Kong - 3rd Team pursuit, Cali **2016** - 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2016_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI Track World Championships](/source/2016_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) - Oceania Track Championships - 1st Scratch race - 1st Team pursuit - 1st Team pursuit, [National Track Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) **2017** - 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2017_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI Track World Championships](/source/2017_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) **2018** - 1st [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [Commonwealth Games](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games) - [UCI Track World Cup](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup) - 1st Team pursuit, Berlin - Oceania Track Championships - 1st Madison - 2nd Points race **2019** - 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2019_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI Track World Championships](/source/2019_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) - [UCI Track World Cup](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup) - 1st Team pursuit, Brisbane - 2nd Team pursuit, Cambridge **2021** - 3rd [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) ### Road **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](/source/Australian_National_Criterium_Championships) - 2nd [Road race](/source/Australian_National_Road_Race_Championships) - 3rd [Time trial](/source/Australian_National_Time_Trial_Championships) - 4th [Time trial](/source/Australian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-CyclingArchives_1-0)** ["Alexander Porter"](http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=97949). *Cycling Archives*. Retrieved 2 March 2016.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Leigh HOWARD"](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/leigh-howard). *Olympics.com*. Retrieved 23 December 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Start list](http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030D0001010463FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Final Results](http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030D0001010401FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02) ## External links - [Alexander Porter](https://www.uci.org/rider-details/91151) at [UCI](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale) - [Alexander Porter](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/176322) at ProCyclingStats - [Alexander Porter](https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=26353) at Cycling Quotient - [Alexander Porter](https://www.cyclebase.nl/cb-content/index.php?lang=en&page=renner&id=61992) at CycleBase - [Alexander Porter](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/140747) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Alexander Porter](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000555539) at InterSportStats v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit 1990s 1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Oleksandr Symonenko, Serhiy Matvyeyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst 2000s 2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Oleksandr Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv 2010s 2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien 2020s 2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2025: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg, Lasse Norman Leth Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexander Porter (cyclist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Porter_(cyclist)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Porter_(cyclist)?action=history)). 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