Natalie Porter

Natalie Porter (born 16 December 1980) is an Australian basketball player who played for the Australian national team and became an Olympic medalist. In her home country, she has played for four different top-level teams including the Dandenong Rangers, Townsville Fire, Sydney Uni Flames and Canberra Capitals. In 2000, she was drafted by the Women's National Basketball Association. She has also played basketball in Italy. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team (the Opals), and won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team.

Personal life Natalie Porter was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 16 December 1980. She is tall.

Basketball WNBL Porter started playing basketball when she was five years old. In 1996, she was at the Australian Institute of Sport as a basketball scholarship holder. In the season's Grand Final that her team lost, she scored 15 points against the Canberra Capitals. In 2007/2008, Porter played for the team again. The Sydney Morning Herald described her as one of the team's stars. She topped off the season by being named the MVP. In 2009, she was named the team's captain after returning from playing in Italy. In an October 2009 game for Sydney, she scored 21 points. In another game that month, she scored 19 points and had 10 rebounds.

Porter is one of several players warming up before a 15 October 2011 game against the Townsville Fire. thumb Porter takes the floor to relieve Tolo during a 15 October 2011 game against the Townsville Fire. In 2011/2012, Porter played for the Canberra Capitals in the forward position wearing the number 40. In the fourth round loss to the Adelaide Lightning, she was largely responsible for guarding and shutting down Suzy Batkovic. In late November, she left for a while and was scheduled to return in early 2012, The 13 November 2011 game against the West Coast Waves was her final game before a break as a result of having to go to the United States for work. She had seven assists in the game.

WNBA In 2000, Porter was drafted in the fourth round of the WNBA draft and was the 61st pick. She was drafted by the New York Liberty. In 2008, she was part of the national team, but in April of that year, she had an ankle injury.