{{short description|Australian freestyle motocross rider (1981–2004)}} {{Multiple issues| {{Orphan|date=March 2017}} {{more footnotes needed|date=October 2019}} }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}} '''Jonothan Douglas Porter''' (12 May 1981 – 9 June 2004) was an Australian freestyle motocross rider. He was born in Biloela, Queensland, and grew up in Gladstone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motocross.com.au/showstory.asp?index=661|website=motocross.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812120226/http://www.motocross.com.au/showstory.asp?index=661|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2004|access-date=27 January 2024|date=2004|title=Jono Porter: 12 May 1981 – 9 June 2004}}</ref>
Porter was a factory Suzuki Australia rider and formed his motocross team and company, JPI Industries. In 1994, he won the Australian 80cc Australian MX Championship. In 2002, he won the Australian X Games, the Melbourne Supercross Masters, and the 2002 Planet X Games; in the last, he performed the first flip in Australian competition.
On 6 June 2004, while leading the pack at the Maxxis Australian Motocross Champions in Coolum, he crashed and was run over by the riders behind him. He died from his injuries three days later at Nambour Hospital, aged 23.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.supercross.com/news.php?id=233|website=motocross.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820205021/https://www.supercross.com/news.php?id=233|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2004|date=9 June 2004|access-date=27 January 2024|title=Australia dirt bike hero Jono Porter, 1981 - 2004}}</ref>
==Sources== {{reflist}}
* [https://amcn.com.au/editorial/6900/ Not forgotten - Jono Porter] * [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-06-10/motocross-champ-porter-dies-after-crash/1990564 Motocross champ Porter dies after crash] * [https://www.gympietimes.com.au/search/?tag=Jono%20Porter%20Memorial&all-sites=on Gympie Times] ** [https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/jono-porter-memorial-about-to-begin-its-final-lap/2360210/ Jono Porter Memorial to begin its final lap] ** [https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/motocross-idol-remembered/1935574/#/0 Motocross idol Jono Porter remembered with memorial weekend] ** [https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/to-air-is-human/1077929/ Jono Porter remembered] ** [https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/gladstone-ready-to-fly-jono-porter-memorial/1070166/ Gladstone ready to fly for Porter] * [https://www.masterengraving.com.au/custom-awards/sporting/jono-porter-memorial-motorcross-award-in-engraved-stainless-and-printed-acrylic/ Jono Porter Memorial Motorcross Award in Engraved Stainless and Printed Acrylic] * [https://www.chinchillanews.com.au/news/ready-to-ride-at-jono-porter/930936/ Ready to ride at Jono Porter Memorial]
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050329224249/http://www.fullnoise.com.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_full&News_id=628&cfid=4691470&cftoken=1496857&dts=96200435819 www.Fullnoise.com.au] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090211111446/http://mcnews.com.au/Riders/jonoporter/eulogy.htm www.mcnews.com.au]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Jonothan}} Category:1981 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Accidental deaths in Queensland Category:Australian motorcycle racers Category:Freestyle motocross riders Category:Motorcycle racers who died while racing Category:People from Biloela Category:People from Gladstone, Queensland Category:Sport deaths in Australia Category:Sportsmen from Queensland Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen