PORTER Chanice

General
LONG JUMP OVER HIGH JUMP
In her youth she competed in both the long jump and high jump, and at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lille, France, she won both high jump bronze and long jump gold. She began focusing solely on the long jump when she was studying at the University of Georgia, after a coach told her that competing in high jump was affecting her long jump performance. (yardiesports.com, 04 Jul 2016; worldathletics.org, 10 Jul 2011; jamaica-gleaner.com, 28 Jan 2017)

OCCUPATION
In January 2020 she began working as a compliance coordinator at the University of Georgia Athletic Association in Athens, GA, United States of America. "It bridges the gap for me because I have first-hand knowledge of what it means to be a student-athlete. I am responsible for anything that needs to be done, but I mainly do eligibility and academics, that is I work a lot with scholarships and degree works for student-athletes." (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; jamaicaobserver.com, 14 Jun 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in financial planning and consumer economics from the University of Georgia in 2017, she completed a master's degree in kinesiology and sports management policy at the same university in 2018. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

She became the first female Jamaican long jumper to place inside the top eight at the world championships, when she finished eighth at the 2019 edition in Doha, Qatar. (jamaicaobserver.com, 07 Oct 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Feb 2021)

At the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lille, France, she became the first athlete representing Jamaica to win a medal in the women's long jump at the world youth championships when she claimed gold. (worldathletics.org, 10 Jul 2011; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Feb 2021)