Tiffany Adaez Porter (born November 13, 1987) is a British

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles

100 metres hurdles

The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

. She initially represented the United States as a junior, however for senior competition switched alligance to Great Britain in 2010.

Tiffany Ofili was born into a multicultural family. Her father Felix is Nigerian and her mother, Lilian, is English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

. However, Tiffany herself was born in the United States. Due to this combination, Tiffany has held both a British and an American passport since her birth. She has therefore been eligible to represent both the United States and Great Britain.

As an American athlete, Ofili represented the United States at the inaugural NACAC Championships

2007 NACAC Championships

The 2007 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships were a regional track and field competition held at the Flor Blanca National Stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador from July 13–15, 2007. It was the inaugural edition of a senior track and field championship for the NACAC region...

 winning a silver medal. However, at the end of the 2010 season, Ofili changed her allegiance to Great Britain. Commenting on her switch, she said: "I knew I was going to perform no matter what vest I had on. I have always regarded myself as British, American and Nigerian. I'm all three."

Ofili broke Angie Thorp's 15 year old British record

British records in athletics

British records in athletics are the best performances in athletics events by athletes representing the United Kingdom which are ratified by the Amateur Athletic Association and the British Amateur Athletic Board .-History:...

 of 12.80s on 29 May 2011, at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games

Fanny Blankers-Koen Games

The FBK Games is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1981...

, with a run of 12.77s . Former British recorder holder, Thorp, admitted that losing her record had made her "devastated". She stated that if a British born athlete, for example Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis, MBE is a British track and field athlete specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100m hurdles...

 or Sarah Claxton

Sarah Claxton

Sarah Claxton is an English athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.She finished eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games...

, who at the time both had personal bests of 12.81s, had broken her record she would have been "the first to congratulate", but as Ofili had transferred from the United States, she was "absolutely distraught".

Ofili-Porter lowered her British record on 22nd July 2011, with a time of 12.60s at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

, breaking her previous personal best of 12.73s (set when she was still a US athlete).

Ofili married her husband, Jeff Porter, in May 2011, and whilst initially being billed as Ofili-Porter, began to compete under her married name from June 2011.

Achievements

Representing
2006	World Junior Championships 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Center in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China....	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	3rd	100 metres hurdles	13.37
Representing
2011	European Indoor Championships 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.A record high of 630 athletes, representing 46 countries, were entered into the three-day competition. Twenty-six track and field events were contested at the...	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	2nd	60 metres hurdles	7.80 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles The Women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4 with the final being held 18:40 local time. -Records:-Heats:...