Alexander Porter (cyclist)

Alexander Porter
Alexander Porter (2018)
Personal information
Born (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 28)
Adelaide, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamBennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team
DisciplineTrack, road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2016ILLI-Bikes Cycling Team
2017Mitchelton Scott
2020Lexus of Blackburn
2020Scotch College South Australia CC
Professional teams
2018Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team
2019Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 London Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit

Alexander Porter (born 13 May 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist.[1] Porter qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Weisford and 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 at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a gold medal.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Alexander Porter". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Leigh HOWARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ Start list
  4. ^ Final Results