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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About Katrina Porter
- Katrina Porter, OAM (born 29 November 1988) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer.
- She was born in Perth with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a condition that causes muscle weakness and joint stiffness.
- She used hydrotherapy as a child and moved to competitive swimming at the age of ten. She competed in three events but did not win any medals in the 2004 Athens Games.
- At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB6.
- At the 2008 Beijing Games, she competed in five events and won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 event in a world record, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.She has been an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder.
- She is a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.In 2010, she was a finalist for the Western Australia Young Australian of the Year award.
- In 2011, she was named the Western Australian Multi Class Swimmer of the Year.
- Her ex partner Michael Hartnett has represented Australia in wheelchair basketball.She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
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