Tiffany Porter

Tiffany Porter

Personal information
Birth name	Tiffany Adaez Ofili
Full name	Tiffany Adaez Porter
Nationality	British & American
Born	November 13, 1987 (1987-11-13) (age 24) Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States[1]
Residence	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Sport
Country	United Kingdom United States
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	60 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles 200 metres Long jump
College/university team	University of Michigan
Coached by	James Henry[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m hurdles: 7.8s NR[3] 100m hurdles: 12.56 s NR Long jump: 6.48m
Medal record Competitor for  United Kingdom Women's athletics European Indoor Championships Silver 2011 Paris 60m hurdles Competitor for  United States ⋅ World Junior Championships Bronze 2006 Beijing 100m hurdles

Tiffany Adaez Porter (née Ofili) (born November 13, 1987) is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. She initially represented the United States as a junior, however for senior competition switched alligance to Great Britain in 2010.

Tiffany Ofili was born into a multicultural family. Her father Felix is Nigerian and her mother, Lilian, is English. However, Tiffany herself was born in the United States. Due to this combination, Tiffany has held both a British and an American passport since her birth. She has therefore been eligible to represent both the United States and Great Britain.

As an American athlete, Ofili represented the United States at the inaugural NACAC Championships winning a silver medal. However, at the end of the 2010 season, Ofili changed her allegiance to Great Britain. Commenting on her switch, she said: "I knew I was going to perform no matter what vest I had on. I have always regarded myself as British, American and Nigerian. I'm all three."^[4]

Ofili broke Angie Thorp's 15 year old British record of 12.80s on 29 May 2011, at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, with a run of 12.77s . Former British recorder holder, Thorp, admitted that losing her record had made her "devastated". She stated that if a British born athlete, for example Jessica Ennis or Sarah Claxton, who at the time both had personal bests of 12.81s, had broken her record she would have been "the first to congratulate", but as Ofili had transferred from the United States, she was "absolutely distraught".^[5]

Ofili-Porter lowered her British record on 22nd July 2011, with a time of 12.60s at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, breaking her previous personal best of 12.73s (set when she was still a US athlete).

Ofili married her husband, Jeff Porter, in May 2011, and whilst initially being billed as Ofili-Porter, began to compete under her married name from June 2011.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  United States
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	100 metres hurdles	13.37
Representing  Great Britain
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	60 metres hurdles	7.80

References

• IAAF profile for Tiffany Porter

1. ^ Matthew Nash (2011-03-02). "Tiffany Ofili: 'Representing UK, not USA, always at the back of my mind'". Metro Online. http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/857053-on-the-spot-tiffany-ofili. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
2. ^ "Tiffany Ofili-Porter". Global Athletics and Marketing Inc. http://globalathletics.com/Athletes/tiffany_ofili-porter.php. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
3. ^ "GB's Tiffany Ofili wins European indoor hurdles silver". BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/9415349.stm. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
4. ^ Alex Sphinx (2011-03-05). "Tiffany Ofili smashes record held by Jess Ennis to take European silver". Mirror Online. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2011/03/05/tiffany-ofili-smashes-record-held-by-jess-ennis-to-take-european-silver-115875-22967929/. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
5. ^ Martin Samuel (2011-06-27). "Losing my record to a Plastic Brit has left me devastated". Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2008394/Martin-Samuel-Losing-record-Plastic-Brit-left-devastated.html. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 

Persondata
Name	Ofili, Tiffany
Alternative names
Short description	Track and field athlete
Date of birth	November 13, 1987
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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