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Nic Porter

FAST FACTS

Name Nicholas Porter
Date of birth June 23, 1998
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 201cm
Preferred position Goalkeeper
Australian Water Polo League Club Queensland Thunder
International club CN Atletic-Barceloneta and USC Trojans
Aussie Sharks debut 2018
International Caps 58
Handedness Right handed
Social profiles   @picnorter 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024 Paris Olympics, eighth place
  • 2022 Peter J Cutino Award Finalist

  • 4x ACWPC All-American

  • 2018 Australian Waterpolo League All Star Team

  • 2018 NCAA Men's Water Polo Champion

  • 2018 BENU Cup silver medalist

  • 2018 FINA World League Finals sixth place

  • 2018 FINA World League Intercontinental Cup silver medalist

  • 2017 FINA Junior World Championships eleventh place

ATHLETE BIO

Nic Porter returns to the Aussie Sharks squad after spending the past few seasons playing college water polo in the USA with USC Trojans.

In 2022, Porter returned home to Australia where he played for the Queensland Thunder in the Australian Waterpolo League.

Porter was part of the Aussie Sharks squad that won silver at the FINA World League Intercontinental Cup in Peru. He will make his World Championships debut for the Aussie Sharks at the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships.

As part of this training opportunity, Porter worked with Olympian and Croatian goalkeeper Marko Bijac, named best goalkeeper in the world at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.


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