Jono Porter, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jono Porter

Australian motorcycle racer

Date of Birth: 12-May-1981

Date of Death: 09-Jun-2004

Profession: motorcycle racer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jonothan (Jono) Porter (12 May 1981 – 9 June 2004) was an Australian Freestyle Motocrosser. Porter was a factory Suzuki Australia rider and formed his own motocross team and company, JPI Industries.
In 1994 he won the Australian 80cc Australian MX Championship.
In 2002, he won the Australian X Games and the Melbourne Supercross Masters, and the 2002 Planet X Games; in the last, he performed the first flip in Australian competition.
On 9 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 shortly thereafter.