Chanice Porter

{{Short description|Jamaican long jumper (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Chanice Porter | fullname = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | nationality = Jamaican | spouse = | sport = Athletics | event = Long jump | club = | worlds = | nationals = | headercolor = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | NACAC Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2022 Freeport|Long jump}} {{Medal|Competition|World Youth Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Lille|Long jump}} {{Medal|Bronze|2011 Lille|High jump}}

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'''Chanice Porter''' (born 25 May 1994) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in long jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/chanice-porter-241165 |title=Chanice Porter Athlete Profile |website=iaaf.org |accessdate=6 October 2019}}</ref> She represented Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's long jump.<ref>{{cite web|title=Long Jump women. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/women/long-jump/final/startlist#resultheader|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=6 October 2019}}</ref>

She represented Jamaica at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-30|title=Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20210630/fraser-pryce-lead-jamaicas-olympic-charge-tokyo|access-date=2021-07-18|website=jamaica-gleaner.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/paris24/news/article/jamaica-team-paris-2024-olympic-games|title=Jamaica names team for Paris Olympic Games|website=World Athletics|date=12 July 2024|access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>

==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 metres.

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys and Girls National Championships 2009 - 4/1/2009 to 4/4/2009|url=http://issasports.com/results/girls_results.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222135333/http://www.issasports.com:80/results/girls_results.pdf |archive-date=2014-12-22 }}</ref>

She went on to set a meet record of 6.43 metres in the long jump event at the 2010 championships.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamaica National Championship Meet|url=http://issasports.com/results/champs12/|url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325142054/http://issasports.com:80/results/champs12/ |archive-date=2017-03-25 }}</ref>

==NCAA career== Competing for the Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field team, Porter won the 2016 long jump at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greenberg @EvanGreenberg8|first=Evan|date=2016-06-10|title=Chanice Porter wins NCAA long jump championship|url=https://www.redandblack.com/sports/chanice-porter-wins-ncaa-long-jump-championship/article_b8260f50-2ec9-11e6-8829-77012268061f.html|access-date=2024-05-25|website=The Red & Black|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{sports links}} {{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions Long Jump Women}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Chanice}} Category:Jamaican women long jumpers Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Category:Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games