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New Zealand sprinter
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Doreen Helen Porter
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Female
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Birth:
21 July 1941(Auckland)
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Doreen Helen Porter (born 21 July 1941) later Doreen Porter-Shann is a former New Zealand sprinter.
At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won the silver medal in the women's 100 yards. She also won a bronze medal as part of the women's 4 x 110 yards relay team. Her teammates in the relay were Nola Bond, Molly Cowan and Avis McIntosh.
Porter competed in one Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 making the quarter-final and semi-final of the 100 and 200 metres respectively.