Colin Porter
- August 21, 2020
- 89 years
About Colin Porter
Colin Porter, 89, British Olympic rower (1960).
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|Colin Francis Porter (11 October 1930 – 21 August 2020) was a British rower who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Porter represented the England team and won a gold medal in the coxed four event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Porter competed in the men's coxless four event.
Two years later he represented the England team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. He competed in the coxed four and eights, winning two bronze medals.
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