Name: Myles Porter

Weight Category: 100kg
Date of Birth: November 22, 1985

Hometown: Fremont, Ohio
Current Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Coach: Eddie Liddie
Club: USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center

Vision Class: B3 (20/200-20/599)

ParaPanamerican Teams: 2007
International Blind Sports Association World Championship Teams: 2007, 2006 (Fifth)

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. 

Recent Career Highlights:

2008:

• Silver – San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament

2007:

• Bronze – Parapan American Games
• Bronze – Dallas Invitational

2006:

• Silver – Dallas Invitational
• Fifth – IBSA World Championships