Barbara Howard (athlete)

Barbara Howard (1938)

Barbara Catherine Howard (born May 8, 1920 in Vancouver - † January 26, 2017 ) was a Canadian sprinter .

At the British Empire Games in 1938 , she was sixth over 100 yards and won silver in the 440-yard relay and bronze in the 660-yard relay.

She was the first black athlete to compete for Canada in an international championship. In 2012 she was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame .

Personal bests

100 yards: 11.3 s, May 30, 1940, Salem
100 m : 12.3 s, August 1, 1936, Vancouver

Web links

Barbara Howard in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
Entry into the BC Sports Hall of Fame
Recognition of talented BC sprinter finally gets up to speed , portrait of Tom Hawthorn in The Globe and Mail , May 18, 2010
Sprinter Barbara Howard on Life as in East Van , recorded by Estefania Hernandez for the project Seniors' Stories of the Vancouver Community Network, October 31, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ Tom Hawthorn: Remembering Barbara Howard, a black athlete who ran her way into history. In: The Globe and Mail. March 7, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Howard, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Howard, Barbara Catherine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 8, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vancouver
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 2017

[1] Tom Hawthorn: Remembering Barbara Howard, a black athlete who ran her way into history. In: The Globe and Mail. March 7, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2018 .