Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe (born 12 May 1985 in Los Angeles ) is an Italian athlete.
His mother Renee Felton, a former American hurdler, moved with him in 1990 after Rieti in Italy and married Ugo Besozzi. Renée Felton brought her son early to athletics and also acts as his trainer. Howes father was Andrew Howe senior, a football player of German origin.
Andrew Howe presented in the sprint and long jump already as a teenager, many Italian age group records. In 2001 he won at the World Youth Championships in Debrecen, the long jump, at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto the long jump with 8.11 meters and the 200 - meter dash in 20.28 seconds.
In 2004 he also took part in the Olympic Games, but different in the flow about 200 meters from. At the World Indoor Championships in 2006, he won bronze in the long jump his first international medal in the senior category. In Gothenburg at the European Championships 2006, he won the long jump with 8.20 meters, after he had jumped into the qualification even 8.33 meters.
At the European Indoor Championships 2007, Howe qualified in eighth just for the final. After the fourth attempt, he was in the final with 7.93 meters to place fourth in the fifth attempt, he jumped 8.30 meters Italian indoor record. Thanks to this length, he won the title with 28 centimeters ahead of second-placed Greece Louis Tsatoumas.
At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, he improved in his last jump with 8.47 m of the previously held by Giovanni Evangelisti Italian record. This jump was enough but "only" to the silver medal, as Irving Saladino this width with 8.57 m still outdid from Panama at the very last jump of the competition.
In the 200 - meter sprint he is with 20.28 seconds from 2004 in the eternal Italian leaderboard ranked 2nd behind Pietro Mennea.
Andrew Howe is an Italian soldier and as such a member of the sports promotion group of the Italian Air Force in Vigna di Valle in Rome.
Andrew Howe is a competition weight of 73 kg at a height of 1.84 m.