Harry Porter

Harry Franklin Porter (August 31, 1882 in Bridgeport, Connecticut – June 27, 1965) was a high jumper from the United States of America. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and won gold in the High Jump in the 1908 Summer Olympics at a mark of 6'3". He graduated from Cornell University.[1]

For the priest and magazine editor, see H. Boone Porter. For the novel series, see Harry Potter.
Harry Porter

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1908 London High jump

According to his 1910 trading card; "it was not until after his graduation that he became imbued with the athletic spirit. In 1907 and 1908, Porter won the National Amateur Athletic Union championship indoor running high jump title, making a new record, 6ft 1½ inches, and in the latter year he won the outdoor National and Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union championship."[2]

Porter used a modified scissors jump to set a new Olympic record of 1.905m (6ft 3in).[3]

Notes
  1. "Harry Porter". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. 1910 Mecca Cigarette Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter Series.
  3. "BBC - History - British History in depth: The 1908 London Olympics Gallery - image 6 of 9". www.bbc.co.uk.

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