20 Facts About Tiffany Porter

Tiffany Adaeze Porter is a track and field athlete with joint British and American nationality who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles.

Tiffany Porter represented the United States as a junior, but began representing Great Britain in 2010 on joining the senior ranks after moving to England and competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Tiffany Porter is a two-time medallist over 60 m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships.

Tiffany Porter is the sister of Cindy Sember, another elite-level sprint hurdler with dual British and American nationality; Sember, too, chose to represent Great Britain internationally.

Unlike Tiffany Porter, Sember had never represented the United States as a junior.

Tiffany Porter has held both American and British nationality since her birth.

Tiffany Porter has therefore been eligible to represent both the United States and Great Britain.

Tiffany Porter describes herself as "proud to be American, British and Nigerian".

Tiffany Porter is a five-time NCAA national champion and All-America selection during Hall of Fame University of Michigan Wolverines women's track and field career.

On 29 May 2011, at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Tiffany Porter broke Angie Thorp's 15-year-old British record of 12.80s in the 100m Hurdles with a run of 12.77s.

Tiffany Porter lowered her British record on 22 July 2011, with a time of 12.60s at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, breaking her previous personal best of 12.73s.

Tiffany Porter's record was broken on 3 August 2012 by Jessica Ennis in the London Olympics heptathlon achieving 12.54s.

In 2012 Tiffany Porter was nominated for "European Athlete of the Month" twice.

In 2013 Tiffany Porter switched coaches from James Henry to Rana Reider, and moved to Loughborough to train with Reider's group at Loughborough University's High Performance Centre.

Tiffany Porter began 2014 by winning a bronze medal in the 60 m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships.

Tiffany Porter won bronze at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon and was seveneth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Tiffany Porter took time away from athletics to have a child in 2019.

At the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Tiffany Porter finished fifth in her semi-final and therefore failed to make the final.

Tiffany Porter is the older sister of the hurdler Cindy Ofili, who competes for Great Britain.

Tiffany Porter graduated from the University of Michigan with a PhD in pharmacology in 2012.