Jordan Howe

{{short description|Paralympic Welsh athlete}}

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| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

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| club = Federation of Disability Sport Wales

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| pb = {{nowrap|100 m: 12.52 s}}{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/BBCSportWales/status/889088876593197057 |title=Jordan Howe claims silver in T35 100m at World Para-athletics Championships thanks to a new PB of 12.52sec; Ihor Tsvietov wins gold in 12.38 |date=23 July 2017 |website=Twitter.com |publisher=BBC Sport Wales |access-date=14 April 2019}}
{{nowrap|200 m: 27.31 s}}

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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 London | 100 m T35 }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Swansea | 100 m T35 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Swansea | 200 m T35 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Grosseto | 100 m T35 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Grosseto | 200 m T35 }}

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Jordan Howe (born 12 October 1995) is a Paralympian athlete from Wales competing in category T35 sprinting events. Howe qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 100 m and 200 m sprint.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/jordan-howe |title=Jordan Howe |publisher=paralympics.org.uk |access-date=24 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709065555/http://paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/jordan-howe |archive-date=9 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}

History

Howe was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1995. Howe, who has cerebral palsy, enjoyed sports from a young age, and was a youth swimmer at national level, being a member of the Dragons Disabled Swimming Club, before discovering athletics.

On 23 July 2017 Howe won a 100 m T35 Silver Medal at the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017, running a personal best of 12.52 seconds.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/40703022|title=Sprinter Howe praises coach Malcolm|work=BBC Sport}}

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