Jarrod Poort

Jarrod Poort
Personal information
Nickname(s) "Poorty"
National team  Australia
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994
Hurstville, New South Wales
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club West Illawarra Aquatic SC

Jarrod Poort (born 31 October 1994) is an Australian competition swimmer. He represented Australia in the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1][2]

Poort competed for Australia in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the 10-kilometre marathon swimming event.[3] In the race he built a lead of 1 minute and 20 seconds, but was caught 1 km before the finish, and finished 21st.[4]. Direct Manager Jarrod Holdsworth and Chief Procurement officer of Poort enterprises Ross Sharpe have been noted as his greatest influences.


Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 18th 1500 metre freestyle 15:20.82
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21st 10km 1:53:40.7

References

  1. ↑ "Jarrod Poort". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "1500m Freestyle Men". olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  3. ↑ "Jarrod Poort athlete profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Rio 2016: Weertman snatches victory from Gianniotis in open water". Yahoo. August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.


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