Robert Howard (athlete)

Robert Howard (athlete)

Robert Howard (born 26 November, 1975 in Brooklyn, New York, died 8 August, 2004 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American world-class triple and long jumper and a nine-time NCAA collegiate champion.

High school

Howard graduated from Shea High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1994. His top triple jump while competing in the high school ranks was 51-5.75 (15.69m). He received the Tom Doherty Memorial Award as the state's male athlete of the year.

Collegiate career

In choosing a college, Howard elected to follow in the lengthy vertical jumping tradition at the University of Arkansas, where he would follow in the footsteps of such luminary jumpers as Mike Conley, Sr., Edrick Floreal, Jérôme Romain, Brian Wellman and Erick Walder.

Putting his own stamp on the track program, Howard won nine individual collegiate championships while jumping for Arkansas [http://www.hogwired.com/pdf2/103362.pdf?ATCLID=801339&SPSID=30837&SPID=2430&DB_OEM_ID=6100 Razorback Track & Field Media Guide ] :

Death

On August 8th, 2004, shortly after his failure to make the Olympic team and in the opening hours of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Howard is believed to have murdered his wife, Robin Mitchell, a chief neurosurgery resident at UAMS, and later leapt to his death from the 10th story of a medical school dormitory. Police found Mitchell dead in the couple’s bed with multiple stab wounds. [ [http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6135796/ Olympian haunted by failures, suicide note says - Olympics - NBCSports.com ] ] [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_10_106/ai_n6197084 Murder-suicide] [ [http://www.wholehogsports.com/nwat/18962 WholeHogSports.com - McDonnell ‘saddened’ on news of Howard tragedy ] ] [ [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:oNKEEzJAl_0J:www.ncdsv.org/images/SlayingQuickensPushMedSchoolChecks.pdf+triple+jump+%22Robert+Howard%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=57&gl=us 403 Forbidden ] ] [ESPN Story on death http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1860120 ]

References

*Razorback Track & Field Media Guide http://www.hogwired.com/pdf2/103362.pdf?ATCLID=801339&SPSID=30837&SPID=2430&DB_OEM_ID=6100
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* [http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/2002/Howard_Robert.asp USATF Biography]
*2004 Olympic Trial results http://www.usatf.org/events/2004/OlympicTrials-TF/results/fullResults.asp


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