Doreen Porter

In April 1964 Porter set the record for the fastest women's 220 yard race held in the United States.

In 1963 she was unable to take up an invitation to attend a running meet in Los Angeles with Peter Snell as New Zealand athletics administrators required her to be accompanied by a chaperone.

[5] The Auckland Star newspaper then started a fund raising campaign to send her to compete with the New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association agreeing to the trip if her expenses were paid by subscription.

[7] In April 1964, Porter competed in Los Angeles and set the United States record for women for the 220 yard race.

[8] Porter competed in one Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 making the quarter-final and semi-final of the 100 and 200 metres respectively.