PORTER Alexander

CYCLING TRACK

World Championships

Year	Location	1km Time Trial	Scratch	4km IP	4km TP
2020	Berlin, GER	14	-	-	4
2019	Pruszkow, POL	-	-	16	1
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	-	23	-	1
2016	London, GBR	-	-	-	1

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	1km Time Trial	Points Race	Scratch	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2018	Adelaide, SA, AUS	-	2	11	7	-	1
2016	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	7	9	1	15	1	5

World Cup

Year	Location	4km TP
2019/2020	Brisbane, QLD, AUS	1
2019/2020	Cambridge, NZL	2
2018/2019	Berlin, GER	1
2016/2017	Cali, COL	5

Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
77	2017	Road Race	Great Ocean Road Race	Geelong, VIC, AUS
101	2018	Men's Individual	Tour Down Under	Adelaide, SA, AUS

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Alex (australiancyclingteam.com, 01 Mar 2020)

Travel, following Australian rules football, American football and basketball. (olympics.com.au, 23 Mar 2020; commonwealthgames.com.au, 15 Apr 2018)

Athlete

English

Scotch College Cycling Club [Australia]

Tim Decker [national]

He has competed in road cycling, and was part of Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team at the 2018 Tour Down Under in Australia. (ridemedia.com.au, 31 Jan 2018; procyclingstats.com, 21 Jan 2018)

In December 2018 he suffered a broken collarbone, six cracked ribs and a punctured lung after a crash while competing at the national championships in Australia. (olympics.com.au, 23 Mar 2020)

He began pursuing cycling seriously at age 15. (olympics.com.au, 23 Mar 2020)

He was recruited to the sport through the South Australian Sports Institute talent identification programme. "They said I had the right make-up to be a cyclist so I thought, 'Ah, I'll give it a crack.' And here I am now." (olympics.com.au, 23 Mar 2020; ridemedia.com.au, 31 Jan 2018)

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games and then become a professional road cyclist. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 15 Apr 2018)

Winning gold in team pursuit at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong, China. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 15 Apr 2018)

Coach Tim Decker. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 15 Apr 2018)

He shaves his legs the day before he competes. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 15 Apr 2018)