Jeff Porter

Jeffrey "Jeff" Porter (born November 27, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He has a personal best of 13.08 seconds for the event. He gained a spot on the American Olympic team by coming third at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. He repeated his third place at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials to make his second Olympic team.

He competed for the University of Michigan collegiately and was the 2007 NCAA indoor champion in the 60-meter hurdles. He represented his country at the 2011 Pan American Games, coming fourth in the hurdles, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He is married to another hurdler, Tiffany Porter, who competes internationally for Great Britain.

Born in Summit, New Jersey, Porter grew up in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, New Jersey and attended Franklin High School as part of the class of 2003, where he was the top American junior hurdler in 2002. He won the 110 m hurdles at the 2001 AAU Junior Olympics. He gained an athletic scholarship to study kinesiology at the University of Michigan. In his freshman indoor season in 2004 he won the Big Ten Conference title in the 60-meter hurdles and he was runner-up at that season's Big Ten Outdoor meet. He was less successful in his second season at Michigan, taking third at the Big Ten Indoor Championship and eighth outdoors.