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Pat Porter was born on 31 May, 1959 in Wadena, Minnesota, is an American long-distance runner. Discover Pat Porter's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?
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53 years old |
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Gemini |
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31 May 1959 |
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31 May |
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Wadena, Minnesota |
| Date of death |
26 July, 2012 |
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Sedona, Arizona |
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United States
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Pat Porter Height, Weight & Measurements
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Pat Porter Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Pat Porter worth at the age of 53 years old? Pat Porter’s income source is mostly from being a successful runner. He is from United States. We have estimated Pat Porter's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Patrick ("Pat") Ralph Porter (May 31, 1959 – July 26, 2012) was an American distance runner.
Born in Wadena, Minnesota, he graduated from Adams State in 1982 with a degree in marketing, after which he became one of the most dominant U.S. distance runners of the 1980s.
Porter was a two time U.S. Olympian, running the 10000 meters at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.
He is a 1982 alumnus Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado, and flourished under the training of coach Joe Vigil.
At Adams State, Porter won 6 RMAC championships, and 3 national NAIA championships.
Porter was best known for his cross country running accomplishments.
He won a record eight consecutive USA Cross Country Championships from 1982 to 1989.
Porter also represented the United States at the World Cross Country Championships each of these years.
In 1983 he set the World Record for a road 10K at 27:31.8.
His best finish at the World Championships was 4th in 1984, followed by 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th-place finishes throughout his career.
Porter finished 15th in 28:34.59 at the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - 10000 metres.
He won the silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Cup in Canberra, Australia, getting nipped at the tape by Ethiopia's Wodajo Bulti by six hundredths of a second.
Porter had a personal record of 4:29 in the mile while running for Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado.
He was not heavily recruited to run in college.
Porter was inducted in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1987.
Porter did not advance to the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - 10000 metres final after finishing 11th in 28:45.04 in the 1st round, ranking him 23rd in the Olympics that year, but only 20 qualified to the final.
He was married to fellow U.S. 1988 Olympic Team member high jumper Trish King.
In 1998 Porter played Finnish distance runner Lasse Virén in Without Limits, a biographical film about American distance legend Steve Prefontaine.
Only days before his death, on July 20, Porter had been inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs and was also inducted into the Adams State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000 in Alamosa, Colorado.
Porter was inducted in the RMAC Hall of Fame in July 2012.
On July 26, 2012, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Porter was killed in an airplane crash along with his 15-year-old son Connor and his son's friend, 14-year-old Connor Mantsch.
Porter, an avid pilot, on takeoff hit a boundary fence at the south end of the Sedona Airport runway just outside Sedona, Arizona, then went down a steep mesa and burst into flames upon impact at the bottom of the hill.
His time would have ranked 17th as several runners ran slower in the final, still almost 1:25 (almost a lap and a half) behind the winner.
