Robert Howard (athlete)
Robert Howard ( Robert R. Howard ; born November 26, 1975 in Brooklyn , † August 14, 2004 in Little Rock ) was an American triple jumper .
In 1996 he finished eighth at the Atlanta Olympics . The following year he retired from the World Athletics Championships in Athens and won bronze at the Universiade . After he had to pause in 1999 because of an ankle surgery, he won the US eliminator for the Olympic Games in Sydney the following year , in which he was seventh. In 2001 he failed at the World Championships in Edmonton in qualifying.
In 2004 he missed participation in the Olympic Games in Athens as fifth in the US eliminations .
A few hours after it opened, Howard jumped to his death in the early hours of the morning from the tenth floor of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences dormitory where he was enrolled as a student. The investigation by the police said he had before his suicide his second wife Robin Lynn Mitchell, who as a neurosurgeon , worked at the University of Arkansas with more than 50 stab wounds killed .
Robert Howard was 1.78 m tall and weighed 75 kg. He was trained by Dick Booth and started for the Reebok team .
Personal best
- Triple jump: 17.11 m, April 17, 1998, Fayetteville
- Hall 17.04 m, March 8, 1997, Indianapolis
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Long jump : 8.40 m, May 17, 1997, Auburn
- Hall: 8.16 m, March 7, 1997, Indianapolis
Web links
- Robert Howard in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field
- Robert Howard in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press : Ex-Olympian believed to have killed wife, jumped to death . August 16, 2004
- ↑ Jet: Arkansas medical school deaths of husband and wife doctors is apparent murder-suicide: police ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). September 6, 2004
- ↑ Associated Press : Olympian haunted by failures, suicide note says . September 29, 2004
- ↑ USA Today : Slaying quickens push for med school checks . October 18, 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howard, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howard, Robert R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American triple jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2004 |
| Place of death | Little rock |