Melbourne Olympic high jump hero Chilla Porter dies, aged 84 – Sydney Morning Herald

In a statement on Sunday night, Mr Porter said his father, who also won silver medals at the 1958 and 1962 Empire Games, had died on Sunday aged 84.
“Dad was an unknown 19-year-old Brisbane boy who for almost seven hours went jump for jump with the world-record holding American Charles Dumas who had only months earlier become the first man to break the seven-foot barrier and who was the best field athlete in the world,” Mr Porter said.
“Under unimaginable pressure Chilla smashed his own person…

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