John Howard (cyclist)

John Howard (cyclist)

John Kennedy Howard (born August 16, 1947 in Springfield, Missouri) is an Olympic cyclist from the United States, who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour (245 km/h) while motor-pacingcite web|url=http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm|title=John Howard motor pacing the Vesco Streamliner] on a pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.

A competitor at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, Howard won the gold medal in the 1971 Pan American Games road cycling race in Cali, Colombia, as a member of the U.S. Army cycling team by beating Luis Carlos Florez in a sprint finish. He is a former 4-time U.S. National Road Cycling champion (1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975) and won the 1981 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii.

References

External links

* [http://www.canosoarus.com/08LSRbicycle/LSR%20Bike01.htm 152 MPH Pedal Bicycle]
* [http://www.ultracycling.com/about/hof_howard.html Ultracycling: Hall of Fame - John Howard]
* [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9247 Wielersite Profile]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/john-howard-1.html sports-reference]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • John Howard (disambiguation) — John Howard may refer to: * John Howard (adventure racer), New Zealander considered the pioneer of adventure racing * John Howard (American actor) (1913–1995), American actor * John Howard (artist), American poster artist * John Howard… …   Wikipedia

  • John Kerry — Infobox Senator name = John F. Kerry nationality = American imagesize = 220px jr/sr = Junior Senator state = Massachusetts party = Democratic term start = January 3, 1985 alongside = Ted Kennedy preceded = Paul Tsongas succeeded = date of birth …   Wikipedia

  • John Inman — Infobox actor name = John Inman bgcolour = silver imagesize = 170px caption = John Inman as Mr Humphries birthname = Frederick John Inman birthdate = birth date|1935|6|28|df=y location = Preston, Lancashire, England deathdate = death date and… …   Wikipedia

  • Craig Lewis (cyclist) — Craig Lewis Personal information Full name Craig Lewis Born January 10, 1985 (1985 01 10) (age 26) Moore, South Carolina, United States …   Wikipedia

  • 2007 in Australia — Infobox Australian year monarch = Elizabeth II governor general = Michael Jeffery pm =John Howard, then Kevin Rudd population = australian = elections =Federal, NSW See also: 2006 in Australia, other events of 2007, 2008 in Australiayearbox in?=… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Mr. Bean episodes — This is an episode guide for the television series Mr. Bean, starring Rowan Atkinson, which ran between 1 January 1990 and 15 November 1995. Contents 1 Mr. Bean 2 The Return of Mr. Bean 3 The Curse of Mr. Bean …   Wikipedia

  • Dates of 2006 — ▪ 2007 January Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, in his state of the union… …   Universalium

  • 2009 New Year Honours — The New Year Honours 2009 principally for the United Kingdom as well as the Commonwealth Realms were announced on 31 December 2008,[1] to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2009. The recipients of honours are displayed here as… …   Wikipedia

  • July 5 — Events*1295 Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. *1610 John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. *1687 Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia… …   Wikipedia

  • 1946 — This article is about the year 1946. Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century – 20th century – 21st century Decades: 1910s  1920s  1930s  – 1940s –  1950s   …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”