Ypsilanti's Tiffany Porter wins bronze for Great Britain at track world championships

Posted on Mon, Aug 19, 2013 : 2:28 p.m.

Ypsilanti's Tiffany Porter wins bronze for Great Britain at track world championships

By Pete Cunningham

Ypsilanti-native and former University of Michigan All-American Tiffany (Ofili) Porter celebrates after winning bronze in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.

Associated Press

It's safe to say that Tiffany (Ofili) Porter is the most popular Ypsilanti-native in Great Britain. That bet became even more of a sure thing this weekend when the former Ypsilanti High School and University of Michigan track star won a bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.

Porter was born and raised in Ypsilanti, but competes internationally for Great Britain, where her mother, Lillian Ofili, is from. She is married to Jeff Porter, who was also an All-American sprinter at Michigan and competed for the United States at last year's Olympics.

She ran a personal best of 12.55 seconds to take third place on Saturday.

Tiffany (Ofili) Porter, far right, led for much of the 100-meter hurdles and finished in third place.

Associated Press

"I'm just so happy to come out with a (personal best) and a medal for (Great Britain)," Porter told The Guardian. "With the hurdles anything can happen but I believed in myself. I was racing against some very talented ladies."

The third place finish was one spot higher than Porter's 2011 performance. Porter ran in the 2012 London Olympics, but fell one heat shy of the medal round. Porter was ahead for the majority of Saturday's race before being overtaken by American Brianna Rollins (who took first) and Australian Sally Pearson, last year's Olympic champion in the event.

Porter expressed her excitement about her finish via Twitter shortly after Saturday's race.

"Thanks soooo much for the kind tweets guys!! I am over the moon right now. Even though I got bronze I feel like I won gold! God is faithful!" Porter wrote.

Thanks soooo much for the kind tweets guys!! I am over the moon right now. Even though I got bronze I feel like I won gold! God is faithful!
— Tiffany Porter (@tiffofili) August 17, 2013

Read the entire Guardian article.

Pete Cunningham covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at petercunningham@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @petcunningham.

Comments

squidlover

Tue, Aug 20, 2013 : 3:11 a.m.

Congratulations, Tiffany. Great to see your persistence pay off. Now don't forget to put that PharmD to good use ;)

Pete Cunningham

Tue, Aug 20, 2013 : 9:47 a.m.

For those unfamiliar with what squidlover is referring to, Porter received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan last year. Yes, in the same year that she competed in the Olympics and a year after marrying a fellow Olympian. Just another subtle reminder that Tiffany is better at just about everything than most people are at anything.