About Cyril Porter
Lived 1890 – 1964 (aged 74). Cyril Porter was a British athletics competitor.
Cyril Henry Atwell Porter (12 January 1890 – 16 January 1964) was a British track and field athlete who competed mainly long-distance running, who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography Porter was born in Bridstow, Herefordshire and studied at Brasenose College, Oxford.
He competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, in the 3000 metre team, where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Joe Cottrill and George Hutson.
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Who was Cyril Porter?
British athlete (1890–1964)
When was Cyril Porter born?
Cyril Porter was born on 12 January 1890 in Herefordshire.
When did Cyril Porter die?
Cyril Porter died on 16 January 1964 in Callow.
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Cyril Porter was an athletics competitor.
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Cyril Porter was British.
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