Anthony Howard (born 30 September 1979) is a male English former competitive

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and

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r who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games.

Swimming career

Howard was part of the bronze medal-winning British 4×50-metre freestyle teams at the

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. He represented Great Britain at the

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in Sydney in the men's 4×100-metre freestyle relay however the team did not progress beyond the heats. Howard attended three

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representing England in 1998, 2002 and 2006. He won a bronze medal for

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at the 1998 Games in

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, Malaysia in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay.

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External links

British Swimming athlete profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Anthony 1979 births Living people English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Bolton

Swimming career

See also

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