Robert Howland
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| Born | 25 March 1905 Berkhampstead, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 March 1986 (aged 80) Saffron Walden, England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Cambridge AC Achilles Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Robert Leslie Howland (25 March 1905 – 7 March 1986) was an English track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. He represented Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
He was born in Berkhamsted and died in Saffron Walden. In 1928, he finished 20th the Olympic shot put event.
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the shot put competition.[2] Four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games he won again the silver medal in the shot put contest.[3]
Howland medalled ten times between 1929[4][5][6] and 1939 in the shot put event at the prestigious AAA Championships.[7]
He became a senior tutor and professor of Classics at St. John's College, Cambridge, England.
References
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "1930 athletes". Team England. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "1934 athletes". Team England. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateur titles contested". Gloucestershire Echo. 8 July 1933. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.