Myles Porter
Weight Category: 100kg
Current Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Coach: Eddie Liddie
Club: USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center
Paralympic Teams: 2008 (Fifth)
Blind World Championship Teams: 2010 (Bronze), 2007, 2006 (Fifth)
Parapan American Games Teams: 2007 (Bronze)
Blind Pan American Games: 2009 (Gold)
Personal: A former football player at the University of Toledo and high school wrestler, Porter discovered judo through a class at UT and has been passionate about the sport ever since. Porter, who is legally blind, fought for a medal at his first major international competition - the 2006 Blind World Championships - and placed fifth in his division. Later that year he became just the third legally blind judo player ever to earn a national ranking among sighted athletes when he placed second at the Dallas Invitational, a USA Judo Senior E-Level Point Tournament. In October 2009, Porter won a bronze medal at the Rendez-Vous Canada, a USA Judo B-Level Point Tournament, where he fought against sighted players. The win made Porter the second U.S. visually impaired ever to earn a B-Level ranking and moved Porter into the #3 ranking in the United States among sighted athletes in the 100kg division. In March, Porter won a bronze medal at the Blind World Championships, making him the first U.S. athlete to medal at the event since 2003.
Recent Career Highlights:
2010:
- Bronze - IBSA World Championships
2009:
- Gold - San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament
- Gold - USA Judo Visually Impaired National Championships
- Gold - IBSA Pan American Games
- Gold - Visually Impaired U.S. Open
- Bronze - Rendez-Vous Canada
2008:
- Gold - Northglenn Classic
- Silver - San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament
- Silver - Dallas Invitational
- Silver - Continental Crown
- Fifth - Paralympic Games
- Fifth - Rendez-Vous Canada
2007:
- Bronze - Parapan American Games
- Bronze - Dallas Invitational
2006:
- Silver - Dallas Invitational
- Fifth - IBSA World Championships
