John Howard (sprinter)

John Howard
Personal information
Nationality  Chuukeese
Born (1981-07-21) July 21, 1981
Weno, Chuuk
Residence Yigo, Guam
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country  Federated States of Micronesia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 metres
Coached by Marz Akapito and Carl Cruz
Updated on 6 May 2013.

John Howard (born July 21, 1981 in Weno) is a sprinter from the Federated States of Micronesia. He came 7th in Heat 6 of the 100 metres Preliminaries at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His twin brother Jack Howard competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. John Howard is the fastest sprinters in all of Micronesian Region alone and in the South Pacific Regions, which includes: Guam, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Palau, CNMI, Vanuatu and all areas in the pacific region.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Chuuk
2002 Micronesian Games Kolonia, Pohnpei 1st 100 m 10.88 s
1st 200 m 22.15 s
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.49 min
Representing  Federated States of Micronesia
2003 South Pacific Games Suva, Fiji 3rd 200 m 21.94 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.12 s
2005 South Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.83 s
Representing  Chuuk
2010 Micronesian Games Koror, Palau 1st 100 m 11.04 s
1st 200 m 22.86 s
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.24 s


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