Personal life
Porter was born and raised inCycling career
Junior career
Aged 16, Porter began racing as a junior for Wolverhampton WheelersSenior competition
As a senior, he won his first race in July 1958 and by the end of the season another victory and other high placings led to a first-category licence for the 1959 season. First was the highest of three classes dependent on racing successes. Six victories came that season on the road, along with a gold medal on the track as part of his club'sFirst national track title
Porter still dabbled in track racing and in 1963 performed well in the individual pursuit at Aldersley Stadium's Easter international meeting, before winning the final 10-mileOlympic disappointment
1964 was dominated by thoughts of theCommonwealth champion
However, 1966 proved more successful. Porter began with 12 successive road race victories, and won a pursuit match in the Good Friday meeting atFirst professional steps
In early 1967 Porter turned professional, riding for the Condor Mackeson team. The step up to the professional ranks meant that in the individual pursuit he was now racing 5,000m instead of 4,000m, but in his first test at the distance, he emerged victorious, beating Dave Bonner to win the professional title in Leicester. Porter was then selected to race in the world professional pursuit event inProfessional success
Porter began 1968 with a time-trial stage victory and second place overall in a three-day race in Bournemouth, plus two stage wins and sixth overall in the Tour of the West. He was then selected for the British team to ride theCommentary work
Porter is a TV commentator and public-address commentator at events. He started his broadcasting career at Radio Birmingham. He has often worked forHonours
The Golden Book
Porter's achievements were celebrated in 1972 whenOrder of the British Empire
In March 1973, Porter travelled to Buckingham Palace and was made anOther honours
Porter was presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to Cycling at the World Track Championships in Manchester in March 2008. In 2009, Porter was inducted into theReferences
Further reading
* Porter, H. (1973) ''Champion on Two Wheels'' (London: Robert Hale & Co, )External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Hugh Living people 1940 births English male cyclists Cycling announcers Cycling journalists Olympic cyclists of Great Britain Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Cyclists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Members of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Wolverhampton UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling English track cyclists Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games