Birth Name:

Barbara Howard (athlete)

Female

Birth Date:

Sat, May 08, 1920

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Age:

103

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

17°

Tau

54'

About Barbara Howard (athlete)

Barbara Howard (May 8, 1920 – January 26, 2017) was a Canadian sprinter and educator. Growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Howard gained national media attention as a sprinter in high school when she completed a time trial that broke the standing British Empire Games record for the 100-yard dash. She was selected as a member of the Canadian track and field team for the 1938 British Empire Games, becoming the first Black woman to represent Canada in international athletic competition. Although she did not place in the 100-yard dash, she helped her team win silver and bronze in the 440-yard and 660-yard relay events. The outbreak of the Second World War meant that most international sporting events over the next decade were cancelled, and Howard's window of opportunity as a sprinter ended before she could compete again.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Barbara Howard at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

• Seniors' Stories: Sprinter Barbara Howard on Life as an East Van P.E. Teacher published by the Vancouver Community Network

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Barbara Howard (athlete): Sun 17 Taurus, Moon 20 Capricorn, Mercury 29 Aries, Venus 2 Taurus, Mars 24 Libra, Jupiter 9 Leo, Saturn 4 Virgo, Uranus 5 Pisces, Neptune 8 Leo, Pluto 6 Cancer, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Mercury Opposition Mars, Venus Trine Saturn, Venus Sextile Uranus, Venus Sextile Pluto, Jupiter Conjunct Neptune, Saturn Opposition Uranus, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Uranus Trine Pluto

Categories related to Barbara Howard (athlete): May 8 births, 2017 deaths, Good articles, Canadian schoolteachers, Canadian female sprinters, Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics, Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada, Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada, Canadian people of American descent, 1920 births, University of British Columbia Faculty of Education alumni, Athletes from Vancouver, Black Canadian female track and field athletes, Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games, History of Black people in British Columbia

Photo attribution: James Skitt Matthews, http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/barbara-howard