Robert Howland
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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.
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- 1905 births
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- Sportspeople from Berkhamsted
- English male shot putters
- British male shot putters
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics