Andrew Howe (born 12 May 1985) is an American-born Italian

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who specializes in the

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and

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. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the

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before becoming the European Champion later that year. In 2007 he became the European Indoor Champion and won the silver medal at the

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. A combination of injuries ruled him out for most of the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He returned to action in 2010 and became the Italian champion, representing his country at the

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Biography

Howe was born in

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, United States, to Andrew Howe Sr and René Felton, an American

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who is a former United States Junior College National Record in the 100 meter hurdles in Europe and continued participating in Athletics at the Master Level winning Silver Medal 2001 European Indoor Championships 60 Meter hurdles. In 1992, Howe moved to

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with his mother after she divorced Howe Sr and remarried Italian Ugo Besozzi. Coached by his mother, his international breakthrough came with the double gold medal in the men's long jump and 200 Meters at 2004 IAAF Junior World Championship in Grosseto, Italy 2006 World Indoor Championships, where he finished third. Later the same year he won the gold medal at the

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. In the

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, he won gold with a fifth round leap of 8.30, after trailing his 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

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at his last jump with 8.57 m. He brought the year to a close with a win at the

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, becoming the first Italian to win at the competition and only the second to win an event at an IAAF season-end contest. He was given the first European Athletics Rising Star Award in recognition of his achievements that season. Following this, his 2008 season was blighted by a shoulder injury and then hamstring problems, and he did not make it past the qualifiers of the long jump at the

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. The next season held further physical problems for the Italian and surgery on his

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ruled him out for the year. He returned to action in July 2010 with a win in the long jump at the Italian Athletics Championships. He attempted to defend his continental title at the

, but his jump of 8.12 m brought him fifth place and Christian Reif succeeded him to the European title. Nearing the end of the season, Howe ran in the 200 m at the

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– marking a return to an event in which he had competed sparely. In a return to form, he won the race and although he eased up in the final metres he recorded a time of 20.30 seconds – two hundredths away from his long-standing personal best. He completed his winter training in

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and at the

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. At the start of the outdoor season he ran a personal best and European-leading time of 45.70 seconds over

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and then took a surprise win over 200 m at the

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with a run of 20.31 seconds (also a season's best for Europe). Italian Olympic gold medal sprinter

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said that when he was growing up, Howe, who is also mixed-race and half-American, was his idol.

National records

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: 8.47 m (

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, 30 August 2007) - Current holder * Long jump indoor: 8.30 m (

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, 4 March 2007) - Current holder *

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: 3:16.15 (

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, 11 May 2019) with Re, Trevisan, Lukudo - Current holder

Achievements

;Youth ;Senior

National titles

Howe won seven national championships at individual

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level. *

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**200 m: 2007, 2011, 2012 (3) **Long jump: 2007, 2010 (2) *

Italian Indoor Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition ...

**Long jump: 2006, 2007 (2)

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, Andrew 1985 births Living people People from Rieti Italian male sprinters Italian male long jumpers Olympic athletes of Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists American emigrants to Italy Naturalised citizens of Italy Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners Italian Athletics Championships winners Track and field athletes from Los Angeles Sportspeople from the Province of Rieti Italian people of African-American descent