Jordan Howe (born 12 October 1995) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

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from

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competing in category T35 sprinting events. Howe qualified for the

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in the 100 m and 200 m sprint.

History

Howe was born in

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, 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.

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* 1995 births Living people Athletes from Cardiff Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy Welsh male sprinters British male sprinters Sportsmen with disabilities Paralympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Welsh Paralympic competitors 21st-century Welsh sportsmen {{Wales-athletics-bio-stub