Andrew Howe

Infobox Athlete
playername= Andrew Howe


country= ITA
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datebirth= birth date and age|1985|5|12
placebirth= Los Angeles, CA, United States
height= 1.84m
weight= 73kg
turnedpro= 1998
retired=
pb= 200 metres = 20.28
Long Jump = 8.47m
Triple Jump = 16.06m
olympics=
worlds=
highestranking=
coaching=
updated= June 2008

Andrew Howe (born 12 May, 1985) is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump and sprint. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships.

Howe was born in Los Angeles, United States, to René Felton, an American hurdler who is a former U.S. Jr. College National Record in the 100 meter hurdles and an avid participant of long distance amateur sports such as the Ironman triathlon.

Andrew moved to Rieti, Italy, in 1992 together with his mother, after she married to an Italian man, Ugo Besozzi.

His international breakthrough came at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, where he finished third. Later the same year he won the gold medal at the European Championships.

In the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he won gold with a fifth round leap of 8.30, after trailing Greek competitor, and eventual silver medalist, Loúis Tsátoumas in the first four jumps.

In the 2007 World Championships, he won the silver medal with a sixth jump of 8.47, achieving the Italian National Record and his personal best. He was only surpassed by Irving Saladino at his last jump with 8.57 m.

Andrew Howe is a fan of Lazio football club. His father was a German soccer player.

Achievements

Personal bests

*100 metres - 10.27 (2006)
*200 metres - 20.28 (2004)
*400 metres - 46.03 (2006)
*Long jump - 8.47(2007)

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2001
World Youth Championships
Debrecen, Hungary
bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
Long jump
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2004
World Junior Championships
Grosseto, Italy
bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
Long jump
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World Junior Championships
Grosseto, Italy
bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
200 metres
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2006
World Indoor Championships
Moscow, Russia
bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
Long jump
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2006
European Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
Long jump
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2007
European Indoor Championships
Birmingham, England
bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
Long jump
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2007
World Athletics Championships
Osaka, Japan
bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
Long jump
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External links

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* [http://www.kinderpiusport.it/kinderEiCampioni-HOWE.php?path=kinderEiCampioni&subpath=kinderEiCampioni/HOWE Andrew Howe page on his Main Sponsor Website, Kinder + Sport] it