- Chilla Porter
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Chilla Porter Personal information Born 11 January 1936 Medal recordMen's Athletics Competitor for 
AustraliaOlympic Games Silver 1956 Melbourne High jump Chilla Porter (real name Charles Michael Porter; born 11 January 1936 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former athlete from Australia, who mainly competed in the high jump.
He competed for Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the high jump finishing second behind American Charles Dumas. He also collected silver medals in the 1958 Commonwealth Games and the 1962 Commonwealth Games
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Australian National Champions in Men's High Jump 1930: Charles Spicer • 1932: Jim Watson • 1934 – 1937: Dudleigh Shetliffe • 1947 – 1948: John Winter • 1949: Peter Mullins • 1950: John Winter • 1951: Georges Damitio (FRA) • 1952: Merv Peter • 1953 – 1954: John Vernon • 1955 – 1961: Chilla Porter • 1962: Percy Hobson • 1963 – 1964: Tony Sneazwell • 1965 – 1967: Lawrence Peckham • 1968: Tony Sneazwell • 1969 – 1975: Lawrence Peckham • 1976 – 1978: Gordon Windeyer • 1979: Michael Dick • 1980: David Morrow • 1981: David Hoyle • 1982: Larry Sayers • 1983: Mark Barratt • 1984: John Atkinson • 1985: Michael Allen • 1986: Lee Balkin (USA) • 1987: Marc Howard • 1988: David Anderson • 1989: Ian Garrett • 1990: David Anderson • 1991 – 1994: Tim Forsyth • 1995: Ian Garrett • 1996: Chris Anderson • 1997 – 1998: Tim Forsyth • 1999: Ron Garlett • 2000 – 2002: Nick Moroney • 2003: Joshua Lodge • 2004 – 2006: Nick Moroney • 2007: Liam Zamel-Paez • 2008: Cal Pearce • 2009: Liam Zamel-Paez
Categories:- 1936 births
- Living people
- Australian high jumpers
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- People from Brisbane
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs
- Australian athletics biography stubs
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